Jan 18, 2008 • 1 min read

Britney's snapper woes

Four photographers were arrested after a late-night car chase involving Britney Spears, and Spears is reportedly planning to sue photographer Dani Brubaker over leaked family photos.

LA police have arrested four paps after a late night car chase involving good old Britney. Reports suggest police stopped both Britney and the photographers after witnessing what appeared to be a high speed car chase. The snappers were reportedly speeding along at quite a speed and overly close to Spears' Mercedes. A police spokesman confirmed officers questioned Britney about the incident, and that the four paps were booked and could be officially charged.

Elsewhere in Britney related photo news, the troubled popstress is reportedly planning on suing a photographer called Dani Brubaker after private shots of the singer and her two children Sean Preston and Jayden James appeared in the US edition of OK! magazine last week.

The singer reportedly hired the photographer to take the photos last November, intending them for private use. But under copyright law Brubaker, as the photographer, owns the copyright on the photos, and it seems she didn't sign any formal confidentiality agreement with Britney which is presumably why she felt legally entitled to sell the shots to the c'leb mag. However, according to PageSix.com, Britney's people are expected to claim there was an informal agreement between the singer and the snapper that the pictures would not be made public, and it is on those grounds she will sue.

PageSix.com also reports that when word got out that Brubaker had taken the photos she received various offers from the tabloid magazines. She seemingly initially knocked back the approaches, but then hired a broker to hawk the pics. Britney's lawsuit could top $1 million.

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