Rihanna fans sue, You’d think that Rihanna is pretty used to having her face plastered across everything from CD covers, to shop windows, to those electrical singing toothbrushes (we definitely don’t own the One Direction one...) But rumour has it she was apparently OUTRAGED recently to hear that Topshop have been selling a t-shirt with her face on, allegedly without asking her permission.
Oooh crumbs. Sounds like it’s all kicking off in the high street fashion world.Ri-Ri’s legal team are said to be in serious heated debate with Toppers over the tee, and have apparently told them to stop both the selling and the production of it, even though the top has proven to be a huge best seller for the shop.
The troublemaking tee apparently features a cheeky snapshot from the We Found Love video, and Rihanna is said to have demanded £3 million in compensation for all the chaos it’s caused. Talk about a drama llama.
As if that wasn’t enough, things are said to have become even more tense between Rihanna and Topshop, as even though it’s believed the claim was filed in March, the shop haven’t actually stopped selling the t-shirt, or reached a settlement to sort things out.
A source told the New York Times that “What is most offensive for Rihanna is that they basically told her ‘Go to hell, we don’t care, we are going to continue selling you.’ Even though the UK laws don’t protect the artist, she has decided to move forward and sue Topshop... What they are doing is wrong.”
So that’s that then. We imagine Topshop’s reply went something along the lines of ‘I wish we could all just get along like we used to in middle school. I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles, and everyone would eat and be happy.’ Meanwhile, River Island shouts TOPSHOP DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE.
What do you reckon to all this? Is it unfair of Topshop to use Rihanna’s face on a tee, or is she over-reacting? Comments please folks.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Rihanna fans sue
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