Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years
Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against unidentified hackers who have stolen and leaked hundreds of her unreleased songs, videos, and private content. The legal action seeks to identify the perpetrators and address the repeated unauthorized access to her and her collaborators' digital files.
Why it matters
This case highlights the growing issue of digital privacy and intellectual property theft for high-profile artists, as well as the legal challenges in identifying anonymous cybercriminals.
Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently unidentified hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content. It aims to “uncover the identities of these currently unknown and unscrupulous individuals,” referred to as “John Doe 1 and John Does 2 through 100.” The lawsuit also says that “In 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs” were “hacked, stolen, and leaked,” adding that hundreds of similar leaks have happened since Grande’s music debut in 2011.
The stolen content is said to include “still-in-production, unreleased masters and demos, footage from recording sessions, music videos, behind-the-scenes photographs and videos, as well as album and photoshoot outtakes.”
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