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“There’s no case here,” said Ron Zambrano, a lawyer with West Coast Employment Lawyers. “It would be dismissed immediately. Coldplay’s use of live video in a public setting is part of their artistic expression, and it’s protected.”
Zambrano also noted that Byron and Cabot voluntarily attended a public event and had no reasonable expectation of privacy: “They were at a concert, not in a private setting. They’re responsible for their actions, not the band.”
Civil and entertainment attorney Tre Lovell agreed. “There’s a huge difference between being filmed in public and someone profiting off your likeness without consent,” he said. “In this case, there was no defamation, no manipulation of the footage, and no commercial use. It’s just an awkward moment that went viral.”
While the fallout has been significant — both professionally and publicly — experts say Byron’s options are limited. In a world where concerts often double as social content, attendees implicitly accept that they might become part of the show. And sometimes, those moments come with consequences.
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