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Wednesday, October 01, 2003   Old-Material Girl Madonna is getting sued (again) by the son of the late French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin who claims Madonna's video for "Hollywood" is a blatant visual theft of his fathers ground-breaking work. The Smoking Gun has some side-by-side comparison photos and they are all strikingly similar. I still think that the suit is a bunch of hooey though. Samuel Bourdin is clearly just looking to cash in on his fathers legacy, if not from the suit then from the publicity generated from it. I fully support the protection of intellectual property but at the same time homage is powerful tool, and I feel it was important for the concept of this video. At the very most, perhaps Madonna, Maverick Records, and MTV should add something to the video the acknowledges Bourdin's inspiration. But if this went to trial and was decided in favor of Bourdin I think it would be a great blow to film as a visual medium. Discuss? posted by JMV | 10/01/2003 08:15:00 PM |		Octopus Hat Pics From Flickr Other’s Blogs Julie Matt Holohan John Forrest Mary Matt Hals Iason Chun Meli Paul Greg Potter Greg Flores Catherine Links BoingBoing Blogging.la 43 Folders Lifehacker archives < 01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003 03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 04/01/2003 - 05/01/2003 05/01/2003 - 06/01/2003 06/01/2003 - 07/01/2003 07/01/2003 - 08/01/2003 08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003 09/01/2003 - 10/01/2003 10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003 11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004 03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006 04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006 05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006 01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007 02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007		Me, Elsewhere My flickr page My Space Profile ATOM Feed Comments Feed OctopusHat Super-feed! Buy John Beer Links