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    Dua Lipa reicht 15-Millionen-Dollar-Klage gegen Samsung ein, weil sie ihr Gesicht zum Verkauf von Fernsehern verwendet hat

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    3. KapahuluBiz on

      I’m totally on Dua Lipa’s side in this dispute, but these quotes are ridiculous, lol:

      >The lawsuit quotes comments on X, formerly known as Twitter, suggesting that at least some customers were moved to purchase Samsung TVs by the apparent endorsement.

      >“I wasn’t even planning on buying a tv but I saw the box so I decided to get it,” wrote one commenter, quoted in the complaint.

      >“I’d get that TV just because Dua Lipa is on it,” wrote another. “That’s how obsessed I am. That’s how much I love her.”

      >Another wrote that if you need to sell something, “Just put a picture of Dua Lipa on it.”

    4. JamminOnTheOne on

      > According to the complaint, Lipa owns the copyright to the photograph, which was taken backstage at the Austin City Limits Festival in 2024.

      That’s how callous they are. It’s one thing to infringe on her right of publicity, which maybe they could get away with it. But they couldn’t even be bothered to license a photo of her somewhere. They just lifted a photo *that she owned*, so they’re dead to rights. There are plenty of photos of her where she doesn’t own the copyright.

    6. Poopcie on

      Where can I go to say I’d have totally bought that tv if I saw her on it so i can help her case?

    9. tabrizzi on

      >According to the complaint, filed on Friday, Samsung used Lipa’s image on the cardboard packaging of its TVs beginning last year. When Lipa became aware of it, she demanded that the company stop using her image. The suit alleges that the company was “dismissive and callous” and refused the request.

      If that’s actually how Samsung responded, that $15 million is not enough. I mean, a guy is suing the IRS for billions because his info was allegedly released.

    10. DeadLetterQueue on

      To be super fair do I notice her on the tv boxes every time I walk into Sam’s, yes.

    12. Dazd_cnfsd on

      I know that when I am choosing a tv I usually pick the one with Dua Lipa on the screen.

      Do you see how stupid that sounds. Anyways I hope Samsung loses

    13. CloisteredOyster on

      I was in Las Vegas for a conference back in 2023. Alone in a hotel bar drinking beer and watching TV.

      The Hispanic bartender asked if I minded if she put put music videos on. Sure, whatever.

      Dua Lipa. She got all excited and asked if I liked her music. Well I’m an old Boomer white guy and I told her honestly I’d never heard of her.

      Holy shit did that little bartender go off. She couldn’t believe it and proceeded to give me a crash course haha. She had the best time for the next 20 minutes talking about Dua Lipa. Good times.

    16. Rich_Housing971 on

      I want to look at this from an unbiased perspective.

      If you look at the box, it looks like it’s from some type of programming or app title page that had the same picture, so Samsung can argue that they’re just showing a frame of the programming that was on the TV. This is allowed, just like you can show a scene of Stranger Things on a TV without Millie Bobby Brown claiming it’s claiming to be an endorsement from her.

      However, since Dua Lipa owns the rights to that picture and did not allow Samsung to use it, and they licensed it to that app or show specifically to use for that purpose only and not to be re-used as advertisement for Samsung, she is probably going to be owed damages for misuse of her picture.

      She will probably not win the false/misleading endorsement part because Samsung did not explicitly put her name out there or name it the „Dua Lipa Special Edition“.

    17. maxxor6868 on

      Dawg reading thru context.. Wtf were Samsung legal team smoking? I don’t see an argument here.

    18. Beautiful_Thing_8614 on

      I know dua lipa but I couldn’t recognize who the picture was when I bought my TV.
       

    20. ceiffhikare on

      One of the biggest issues in the USA today is that too many folks know who this person ( and thousands of others like her ) is and not who their Congress Critters are.

    22. fvckCrosshairs on

      15 mil is less than pocket change to Samsung, I hope they can recover from this

    23. -TH3MS- on

      Are you guys special? This artist only talen is getting away without getting sued for copying other artists hits and adding enough of a difference to make it „new“ 

    25. Sonarav on

      It’s interesting because every time I go to Costco and walk through the TV section, I see Dua Lipa on the TV boxes. I’ve always assumed she had a say in her face being on them

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