Ann Kirsten Kennis vs. Vampire Weekend – Infamous Rock Lawsuits

While trying to pick artwork for their second album, 2010's 'Contra,' New York rockers Vampire Weekend were drawn to the striking Polaroid image taken in 1983 of a blonde girl in a Polo shirt. They decided to use it on the cover, despite not knowing who the woman was. They paid the purported photographer, Tod Brody, $5,000 for the rights and released 'Contra,' figuring that was the end of that.

And it was -- until July 2010, when a woman named Ann Kirsten Kennis discovered the album and sued the band for $2 million for using a photo of her without permission. Kennis claimed she was "a high-fashion model under contract with prestigious agencies in New York City" in 1983, and that Brody had forged the release forms. A year later, VW paid her an undisclosed sum and the lawsuit was dropped.