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Britney Spears Sued by Louis Vuitton
By Allie | November 18, 2007
Britney Spears‘ video for ‘Do Somethin’‘ was involved in a lawsuit by Louis Vuitton. The problem is that in the video, Louis Vuitton fabric was used. It was stretched across the dashboard like nobody’s business.
The label has won a $117,000 cash award and the rights to have the video banned from future use.
Forbes reports,
LVMH’s Louis Vuitton unit has won $117,000 in damages and the banning of a Britney Spears video which uses an unauthorized close-up shot of Louis Vuitton fabric, Le Figaro reported.
In the video, Spears appears in a car upholstered with Louis Vuitton fabric. The tribunal found the director of the video had clearly emphasized the Louis Vuitton brand, the report said.
The tribunal ruled that responsibility for the unauthorized use of the Louis Vuitton brand lay with Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) BMG and its subsidiary Zomba as well as MTV Online, and not the singer herself.
Of course I had to do a little research of my own. There are several copies of the video floating around on YouTube. Some contained the offensive material… some of them it was edited out.
Below is the video for Britney Spears ‘Do Somethin’“.
Topics: Britney Spears, Celebrity Crime, Wired Gossip, Wired Music, Wired Videos |
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November 19th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
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November 21st, 2007 at 8:09 am
There is an article at a site that speaks to this particular problem in the industry.Once in a while LV takes a stand but what about all the millions of replica sites. Obiously the material was replica. LV certainly would not have sued if she purchased. The article about Designer replicas and the wealthy is at http:www.quantumluxuries.com/designer_replica_handbags.html and is thought provoking. Are Brands financially benefitting from the replica industry?
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