Sylvan Esso Sue Ticketfly for Unauthorized Use of Their Likeness

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The duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn are seeking more than $75,000 in damages

Sylvan Esso are suing ticketing company Ticketfly for allegedly appropriating their image without permission and using it on advertisements, as Billboard reports. Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn are reportedly seeking more than $75,000 in damages, and requesting that Ticketfly discontinue any use of the duo’s image.

The complaint reportedly states that Ticketfly has been using an unauthorized image of Sylvan Esso in concert in its advertisements since May 2016. According to Billboard, the lawsuit accuses Ticketfly and its parent company Eventbrite of false endorsement and deceptive trade practices for using an image of the band that was blurred, but reportedly “clearly recognizable to fans.”

Meath and Sanborn reportedly reached out to Eventbrite and requested the images’ removal. The lawsuit claims that Eventbrite failed to do so and did not respond to the band’s requests.

Sylvan Esso’s lawsuit also reportedly took issue with the undesired association between the band and Ticketfly following the company’s 2018 data breach, which exposed the information of 27 million customers.

Originally Appeared on Pitchfork