Monday, February 17, 2014 4:07am ET by Newsdesk
Rihanna sued by photographer over 'S&M' videoRihanna has been sued by German photographer Philipp Paulus for allegedly copying his work for her 'S&M' video. The singer unleashed the raunchy promo clip for her single in 2011 and Paulus originally took out legal action that year against the singer. He has now renewed it all by further suggesting that Rihanna copied parts of his 2010 Paperworld photo series, which features a woman stuck in plastic wrapping with Xs taped across. The photographer is looking for damages and injunction to stop the video being broadcast. His lawyer Philip Jakober stated: "The ludicrous thing about this situation is that Universal Music has for some time been bringing about a wave of lawsuits against end users for copyright infringements.
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