Adam Levine has reached a settlement over supposedly unlicensed footage he posted to Instagram after Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
A notice filed in federal court on Wednesday (Jan. 7) says the Maroon 5 frontman has “settled all claims” brought against him by Global Weather Productions LLC, a licensing company that owns the rights to scores of natural disaster videos. Settlement terms were not disclosed, and lawyers on both sides of the case did not immediately return requests for comment.
The dispute stemmed from a September 2019 Instagram carousel in which Levine showcased the catastrophic damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian and urged his millions of followers to donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Global Weather Productions sued Levine over the post in July, taking issue with his inclusion of a video that showcased the storm’s damage to the Bahamas’ Abacos Islands. This footage was supposedly taken by “professional storm chaser” Michael Brandon Clement and owned by the company.
According to Global Weather Productions, Levine did not buy a license for the Abacos Islands video and ignored repeated notices of infringement after the fact. The company sought financial damages from Levine for copyright infringement, which under the law can run up to $150,000.
Levine’s lawyers denied all wrongdoing in court papers responding to the claims.
Global Weather Productions has been on a copyright litigation tear for the last few years, bringing dozens of lawsuits against publishers of supposedly unlicensed natural disaster videos since 2023.
In addition to Levine, targets of the company’s lawsuits have included news broadcasters like Reuters, Univision and NewsNation, as well as individual content creators like model Molly Sims.
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