exuse me if this has already been covered... but 4 shame Ms Maddie

Suit Alleges Madonna Copied Photos

NEW YORK (AP) -- A fashion photographer's son has sued Madonna, saying the singer copied his late father's images in a set of videos for her song "Hollywood."

Samuel Bourdin claims he holds the rights to the images created by his father, Guy Bourdin, who died in 1991.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, accuses Madonna of copyright infringement for her imitation of 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.

Samuel Bourdin seeks unspecified damages from the 45-year-old pop star and companies and individuals involved in production of the videos.

A message left with a publicist for Madonna was not immediately returned.

According to the lawsuit, Bourdin is recognized as one of the most influential fashion photographers for his highly constructed compositions in unusual settings.

The lawsuit includes comparisons of Bourdin's photographs with video images of Madonna. In one Bourdin picture, a scantily clad woman peers into a round mirror. Madonna does the same.

In another Bourdin picture, a woman squats on a floor with what appears to be a large television-size screen between her legs. Madonna does the same.

Can they actually sue artists for that? I mean there are so many videos, and movies even that in some way or another pay homage to artists (i.e. painters). I've never heard of that. Will interesting to see how this pans out?

it is sooo not the first time madonna has been accused of stealing someone else's concept. justify my love and vogue come to mind immediately.

2 measley sentences & just as many spelling mistakes edit!
[This message was edited Thu Oct 2 18:51:35 PDT 2003 by imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty]

As much as I would like to harsh on Madonna, this is a case of someone trying to cash in on ol' Madge playing homage to an artist she admires. She's in the right, the estate of the artist is being greedy and pissy.

It's called HOMAGE.

Even if it IS madonna looking for some Moolah, it's just Homage. You can't SUE somebody for recreating a damn photo.

Lawyers will do ANYTHING.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

The recreation of the Bourdin pics was the concept of the video, like Vogue was based on the Horst pictures... .

otan said:

so photography isn't art? aren't the images and arrangements within the photos intellectual property of the photographer and whoever else was involved in the original shot? sheesh.

you need to ask for permission to use ideas, fragments of other people's ideas, samples, etc, in my book.

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[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 4:07:17 PDT 2003 by mrdespues]

How do u own angles & lighting?