By Kelly Fisher
PopEater
Rihanna’s controversial music video for ‘S&M’ has landed her in hot water yet again. This time around, photographer Phillip Paulus is suing the singer for copyright infringement. According to RadarOnline.com, Paulus alleges that Rihanna identically replicated his series of photographs, called ‘Paperworld,’ in the racy video without his permission.
The scene in question depicts Rihanna, dressed in a large, fluffy gown against a wall, and is covered in plastic and surrounded by large black ‘X’ marks. Paulus claims one of his photographs is extremely similar in both concept and execution.
“For legitimate reasons the use of copying Paulus’ work over a million times requires an agreement that protects the copyright and the achievements and creations of our client which has never been given by our client, neither to the artist Rihanna nor to her label Universal Music,” Paulus’ lawyer said in a statement. “According to this, the copyright laws of our client has been infringed and the worldwide million-wise exploitation of the video ‘S&M’ is unlawful.”
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