{"id":3290,"date":"2014-02-17T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T14:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2014-02-17T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T14:39:11","slug":"rihanna-facing-lawsuit-over-sm-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=3290","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna Facing Lawsuit Over “S&M” Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"S&M_ohsodj\"<\/a>In the midst of suing her former accountants for what’s been described as gross mismanagement, Rihanna may be getting hit with a copyright infringement suit by photographer Philipp Paulus.<\/p>\n

After failed attempts by Paulus’s lawyer to make an out of court settlement with Rihanna’s label Universal Music, Paulus will now be taking legal action against the music label.<\/p>\n

The New-York based photographer claims scenes in Rihanna’s bondage-themed music video “S&M” were based on his fashion photography series ‘Paperworld.’<\/p>\n

Paulus’s work includes a woman pinned against a wall using clear plastic wrapping, with black X-marks around her. Rihanna replicates this image in her video with no credit to Paulus.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Paulus said: “Why a worldwide celebrity is not able to afford a creative director, who creates individual concepts and stagings, is uncomprehensible for me.”<\/p>\n

He added, “While I really respect Rhianna’s [sic] talents as a musician, nevertheless it is important to respect the creations of others.”<\/p>\n

“S&M” appears on Rihanna’s 2010 album Loud<\/strong>, and has sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide.<\/p>\n

Wonder who on the video set thought of that idea? Safe to say they should be receiving walking papers.<\/p>\n

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