Luxury Status Symbols as Art in “Decepción” Exhibit

By Tracy Ederer
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
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I took a trip last Saturday morning to the new exhibit at the Mary Boone Art Gallery, at 745 Fifth Avenue – a gallery smack in the middle of all the glamorous, high-end designer boutiques.  They were featuring an exhibit by the talented artist Luis Gispert, entitled “Decepción.”

Photographer Claims Rihanna Stole Images in Video

By Basil Katz & Bob Tourtellotte

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Pop star Rihanna's lurid and brightly colored music video "S&M" was "directly derived" from pictures taken by prominent U.S. fashion photographer David LaChapelle, he said in a lawsuit made public on Monday.

LaChapelle, who has shot celebrities for magazines such as Rolling Stone, GQ and Vanity Fair, said "the music video is directly derived from and substantially similar to the LaChapelle works."

Rihanna, 22, has sold over 25 million albums worldwide and dominated music charts in the U.S. with singles such as "Umbrella" and "What's my name." The single "S&M", however, has fizzled on the charts, and the video has been banned in some countries for its sexual content.