JB writes “Madonna is being sued for copying the works of Guy Bourdin (a fashion photographer) in the video of her song “Hollywood.” The original photographer’s son, Samuel Bourdin, claims he holds the rights to the images created by his father, who died in 1991.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, accuses Madonna of copyright infringement because she imitated poses and images in at least 11 works of Bourdin, whose photos were published in French Vogue from the mid-1950s through the late 1980s. Bourdin is requesting unspecified compensation. His claim is against Madonna, MTV, and production companies.
The story is at The BBC.”
You can see side by side comparisons of the images Here, WARNING: Not very safe for work.
Copyright my ass
Oh, this is guy is just so full of shit. Most of those images don’t even come close. And if anyone should be sued for copyright infringement under such knee-jerk reactionism it’s Bourdin. That image titled art_gb_003 ~ 1977 is a blatant and obvious ripoff of Eduard Manet’s Olympia under that standard.
This just goes to demonstrate how right those artists are, myself included, who say that all this current bullshit about cracking down on copyright is only going to stifle artistic freedom and expression. It’s not about protecting art, it’s about protecting one’s profit margin from an even wider marketplace.
Copyright Crap 🙂
Goddess above, Fang, don’t candy it tell us how you really feel!