Who owns a vibe? That question is at the heart of a lawsuit where one online influencer is suing another for copyright infringement.

24-year-old Sidney Gifford claims that Alyssa Sheel, a 21-year-old fellow influencer, knowingly replicated her aesthetic and her posts on social media.

Ammanavaz spoke to Sandra E. Garcia of The New York Times,

who has been covering this story extensively.

Sandra E. Garcia, welcome to the News Hour.

Thanks for being with us.

Hi, glad to be here.

All right, so let's start with these influencers.

Sydney Gifford and Alyssa Sheel.

Just tell us a little bit more about who they are.

Alyssa Sheel is a 21-year-old influencer who, you know, uses her time to suggest things that her

followers should buy off of her Amazon marketplace. Signey Gifford is similar to her in that way.

They're both, you know, young women looking for items to inspire people to buy on their social media accounts.

And their vibe, their aesthetic is what?

How would you describe what it is that they're putting out to their followers?

The way they would describe it themselves is very minimalistic, beige, not very busy, cool girl,

oversight sweaters, chunky nets, clear sort of plastic, Amazon basics. They like things to look

very clean and neat. And what is the relationship between these two women? They've, they've actually

professionally collaborated before. Is that right? They were influencers that followed each other at one

point and they met up to hang out and they took some pictures of themselves to post and to

brainstorm things that they could post on their social media accounts. And then their relationship

sort of dissolved when Alyssa Shield unfollowed Sydney Gifford. So the idea that you can sue

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