Lady Gaga Criticizes Music Pirates with Pirated Photos. Shutterstock Responds

Lady Gaga criticized her fans for listening to the unauthorized leak of her song, “Stupid Love,” the singer went to social media asking fans, “can ya’ll stop” and posted a picture of a young girl wearing a ski mask listening to illegal music.

The image, which had a Shutterstock watermark across it, was the work of children’s author, Richard Nelson. Shutterstock took notice of Gaga’s tweet, “We hear you!” Shutterstock writes. “We like artists to be paid for their work too. Here’s a link to the photographer’s work where you can license these quality images.”

Nelson wasn’t bothered by Gaga sharing his image, he even provided the image to Gaga without the watermark.

Fans were quick to point out that Shutterstock was only interested in getting the photographer paid because Gaga’s post went viral.

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