Having established that the U.K. offers celebrities extremely limited rights over the use and distribution of their image for commercial purposes, and that case law indicates that the tort of passing off is applied on a somewhat unclear and inconsistent basis, the 2013 case of Robyn Rihanna Fenty and others -v- Arcadia Group Brands Limited acted as a landmark case with regards to publicity rights and the tort of passing off. (i) The Facts, Judgement and Effect Robyn Rihanna Fenty, most commonly known as the pop star Rihanna, brought proceedings against Arcadia Group Brands LTD (Topshop) over their use of her image on a T-shirt (see appendix one) that they produced without seeking Rihanna’s permission prior to use. The image in question had been taken by an independent …show more content…
Birss J held that Rihanna is “style icon by many people, predominantly young females aged between about 13 and 30” and as a result, these people are extremely interested in what she views as stylish. By holding contracts with fashion outlets such as H&M and River Island, including her own fashion brand, it was clear to Justice Birss that Rihanna has ‘ample goodwill to succeed in a passing off action.’ The main issue however, was in relation to the misrepresentation aspect of the claim. Birss J stressed that a critical issue in cases of this type is to identify the differentiation between the two separate reasons why a customer might wish to purchase the garment in question; as he explained in paragraph [35]: "If when they buy the t-shirt, they simply wish to buy an image of the pop star, then no misrepresentation has taken place. Merely recognising that the image is an image of the celebrity can never be sufficient to make the claimant's case. For passing off to succeed there must be a misrepresentation about trade
Fashion designer Katherine Noel Brosnahan now known as Kate Spade was born on December 24, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. Her father was the owner of a construction company and her mother was a housewife. Growing up Kate was not interested in high fashion she preferred a more vintage style and preferred to pick up items that her mother would have worn in the 50s or 60s. She graduated from St. Teresa's Academy, an all girl Catholic High School and later attended the University of Kansas, then decided to transfer to Arizona State University and graduated with a degree in journalism in 1985.After graduating from college Kate got offered a job at the Mademoiselle magazine in New York City, she was with the magazine for five years and later became a senior fashion editor and also the head of accessories. While she was at college she met Andy Spade who also attended the same university as her, they both worked at a men’s clothing store few months after they knew each other they began dating and became a couple and is now her husband. Andy had a major influence in Kate’s career, when Kate moved to New York he also came along and found a
Ariana Grande is one talented singer. The girl has impressed everyone with her spot-on celebrity singing impersonations and has sung with some of the most talented singers still alive today. However, there's still a lot you don't know about this sassy celeb. Here are the top eight most common misconceptions believed about Ariana Grande.
As celebrities stand distinctively among the masses and cast out their halos of personality charm and strong suits of skilled abilities, the controversies about them are unavoidable shadows created from their fame. With the popularization of celebrity culture, information synchronization, and communication technology, their lives are publicly exposed and various forms of media (depending on eras) record their flaws. Tough information transmitted to audiences are frequently biased, evidences of objective reality remains, even in the remote past.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown's aunt Pat Houston is opening up for the first time since her niece died in July. She has has revealed the late star's family were "making plans" to get her help before she was found unconscious in a bathtub.
In each of the cases discussed in this report, the court is presented the challenge of deciding whether to protect a celebrityʻs right to publicity or to protect and artistʻs constitutional right to free speech. These protections are at conflict because the First amendment encourages the unencumbered exchange of ideas and public discourse, which celebrities are an inextricable part of. Yet, the right to publicity entitles a celebrity to profit from their reputation and prevent others from doing so. Despite the similarities present between these cases, the evidence presented as well as the circumstances surrounding each case distinguish them from each other. For example, the first two cases involve the argument of a videogame companyʻs use of
In today’s world, celebrities are often misunderstood, especially singer/songwriter Robin Rihanna Fenty, referred to as Rihanna. Rihanna’s sexual behaviors in her videos have been talked about in negative ways for some time now, but what [eople do not understand is that it is all for fame. Celebrities will do anything to keep their career going strong. If one really took the time out to take a deep look at Rihanna, they will notice how humble she really is. After going through the abusive relationship with Chris Brown, Rihanna has struggled with gaining that strong confidence with who she is. Her critics believe that she is still trying to discover herself and figure out who she really is as a person. Rihanna is often given two choices, to do what she is being asked to do, or throw her career out the window. She either gives the crowd the sexual acts they want or let her career die down. In the song “S&M,” Rihanna was really exposing herself to the crowd, as well as “Good Girl, Gone Bad.” She is basically telling the crowd that this is the person she is, but is it really? For my original piece I will be creating a journal, expressing the feelings Rihanna felt as she overcomes her struggles. Rihanna’s sexual behaviors in her videos are really all for fame and therefore, are easily misunderstood.
A celebrity is not a person known for his/her talent or achievement, but an individual recognized for his/her reputation created by the media. The phase of stardom is slippery, and media may choose to represent celebrities varying from exaggerated admiration to mockery. The three texts chosen, movie "Sunset Boulevard", feature article "Over the Hilton" and television show "Celebrity Uncensored Six" are texts presenting different perception of celebrities than their usual images - either corrupted by the encircling media, overloads oneself with self-indulgence, or just mocks celebrity in a broad spectrum. Such media items empower and impresses the audience by perceiving celebrities as people who pay the price of privacy to gain well knowness, signifying the vanity of stardom from the commonly accepted images.
Don’t you get that badass vibe whenever Rihanna is dancing in her music videos and singing those despicable lines? Yes, everyone does! With an unprecedented musical success, she’s one the most influencing pop stars the world has seen since the 2000s.
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It’s no secret that some women believe fashion portrays who they are. Therefore follow every season’s new trend. This leads to spending money that they don’t have. Waller Lea, a journalist, suggest that “for some communities, purchasing knockoffs or generic products are frowned upon, forcing minorities to spend more money. Now businesses and companies are targeting minorities, causing more debt problems.” Addicted to retail or brainwashed? Opponents claim that fashion is simply a creative way to express themselves. There are others ways to express ourselves that are no based on our appearance. Through drawing, painting or through our thoughts and ideas. What happens when someone can’t afford expensive clothing or doesn’t have access to fashionable clothes? They are singled out and excluded from society for being different.
Identity theft of a celebrity is one of the most accessible ways for con artist to collect goods and services free and of zero cost. Because celebrities acquire vast amounts of endorsements in order for consumers to buy and follow trends. Merchants suffer the consequences by handing out products just to get their brand advertised. In some cases but not all investments of products that were used as means for celebrities to use are often recovered by imposters. These tricksters rack up on expensive items such clothing, foot wear, hotel stay, goods and services freely.
The deception of media consumers allows for the abuse of economic infrastructures of society. An obsession with celebrities’ lives passifies ordinary people in accepting the stratification of the elite businesses and the ordinary citizens. Though pseudo-events and celebrity worship may not be exactly complementary, the similarities of both leaves the public to be utterly vulnerable unless they begin to critically think for themselves.
Over the last few decades celebrity and fame has changed dramatically, from Alexander the Great to Kim Kardashian. Talent and achievements no longer play a huge role when it comes to our celebrities. “Much modern celebrity seems the result of careful promotion or great good looks or something besides talent and achievement” (Epstein2) with that being said celebrity-creation has blossomed into an industry of its own. Keeping up with all the gossips from breaking up to hooking up, law suits and drama many might come to an agreement that celebrity culture is starting to be the great new art form in our new generation and that it ...