Rihanna Sued By Another Photographer Over 'S&M' Video

Rihanna is being sued by another photographer claiming that she and director Melina Matsoukas ripped off their images for the "S&M" music video. Back in February, celebrity photographer and filmmaker David LaChappelle filed a suit against the singer, Def Jam Recordings and Black Dog Films alleging that eight scenes from the clip were directly lifted from his work. This time around, fashion photographer Philip Paulus is claiming that one shot in which the singer is pressed up against a cellophane-like wall marked with X's is derived from his Paperworld series.

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Rihanna's defense team has countered LaChappelle's complaint by suggesting that the photographer was "effectively trying to monopolize an entire subject matter or genre in two different mediums." Her lawyers have stated that since the nature of film and photography are very different, the effect of the work changes even if the subject matte and imagery are similar.

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“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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