British singer claims electronics company ‘repeatedly refused’ to stop using a photo of her on its packaging
Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for at least $15m (£11m, A$20.6m), alleging that the electronics company used a photo of her to sell its TVs without financially compensating her or seeking her permission.
According to the legal complaint, filed in a US district court in California on Friday, Samsung began using an image of Lipa on an image of a TV screen printed on its cardboard packaging for “a significant portion” of its TVs sold in the US last year.
15 million dollars seems steep for a photo on a box, but if Samsung really ignored her requests to stop, they should have known better.
I get that Dua Lipa wants to protect her image, but suing for $15m over packaging? Feels like a money grab to me.
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Samsung should have just paid for the rights instead of trying to sneak her face onto TV boxes. Now they’re facing a $15m lawsuit.
So Samsung used Dua Lipa’s photo without permission on TV packaging sold across the US? That’s a big oops on their part.
This lawsuit says Samsung ‘repeatedly refused’ to stop. That makes me wonder how many other artists they’ve done this to.
I hope Dua Lipa wins. Celebrities should have control over how their image is used, especially by a giant like Samsung.
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