Beyoncé Being Sued For Copyright Infringement in Viral Visual Album 'Lemonade'
15 June 2016
Grossing about $3 million a day at the onset of its release and having been watched by hundreds of millions all over the world, there’s no doubting that Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ shook the music world in 2016.
However while the rest of the world celebrates at the magnificence of ‘Lemonade’ one person has been left cheated and demanding for justice.
Matthew Fulks an independent filmmaker says that ‘Lemonade’s’ trailer stole from his 2014 short film which means he is now suing.
Furthermore Matthew Fulks claims that Sony Music, Columbia Records, and even Bey's Parkwood Entertainment were aware of his short film Palinoia before filming Lemonade.
Here's a copy of that video:
As stated in the official complaint, Fulks says that he was contacted about the opportunity to direct a video for the Columbia-signed group MS MR, afterwhich he sent Columbia Record's Bryan Younce links to Palinoia.
The lawsuit alleges that in July 2015, Younce sent Fulks an email with an invitation to submit a treatment for consideration by Columbia. Five months later, filming began for Lemonade. (Perezhilton)
After watching ‘Lemonade’ Fulks believes that they stole several elements off ‘Palinoia’ and put them in the trailer.
Some of the visual similarities he refers to are "graffiti and persons with heads down," "red persons with eyes obscured," "parking garage," "black and white eyes," "the grass scene," "side-lit ominous figures," and more.
Now Fulks is gunning for not only profits from the ‘exploitation of his work’ but also a cut in ‘Lemonade’s’ massive sales.
SOURCE: Perezhilton
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