Lara Stone sues Playboy over 'unauthorised photos'

[Empress Merel]

oh please, u re a model u re nude half the time.
get over it.

Maybe reading the whole thing would be a good idea? It's not about how many times she was nude. They took the pictures without her permission.

 

[Psylocke]

^Yes. I can't believe some people think just because you've posed nude before you lose all the rights every other person has when something like this is done to you. Downgrading much? It's obviously hard enough to keep control over such things these days already with photos spreading all over the internet so fast, but it's only fair to have a say in where your pictures are published, considering Playboy would make money from publishing them in their magazine (while she won't merit from this at all, which is not fair anyway).

#TeamLara B)

 

[Les_Sucettes]

That's a bit rich coming from Lara. And quite ironic because the catalogue of her husband's ex girlfriends only include glamour models and page 3 girls.

Seriously, it's French Playboy a totally different Kettle of fish than any other Playboy, I would not say that Lou Doillon or Lily Cole are "playboy bunnies", or that it it damaged their reputation. Regardless, I'm quite curious how this will turn out, i didn't Knew photographer needs to authorization of the model he hires everytime he decides to use pictures his own pics.

 

[Empress Merel]

It's still Playboy and she is allowed to decide in which magazine she wants to appear in.

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

wtv she should focus on more important things, everybody s already seen her naked, playboy or not

 

[Les_Sucettes]

It's still Playboy and she is allowed to decide in which magazine she wants to appear in.

Does she? That's what I want to know. If you hire a model and take her pic,I always thought the pics are yours to sell. Unless you have some sort of contract that says otherwise, I always presumed she has no right whatsoever to decide in what kind of publications she wants to appear.
Even papz pics taken without the persons authorization, the copyrights terms are not straightforward, why would this be?

Plus Playboy is not a p*rn*gr*ph*c magazine, it's just a magazine with naked women, the hypocrisy in court would be mind blowing when she has to justify all those Purple shoots taken by Terry Richardson, that actually takes p*rn*gr*ph*c pics, but appearing is Playboy, because it's Playboy,even when Lily Cole and Lou Doillon thought was good enough for them, it's damaging her reputation.

I would totally support her decision to sue if the pics have been used or sold without her consent and she feels she has legal rights to them. But damaging her reputation by appearing in French Playboy? Please...

 

[iluvjeisa]

It doesn't matter how many times she's posed nude before, or where the pictures have been printed previously - if she has certain rights to images, then she gets to make certain decisions about how and where they can be reproduced.

The irony is that most of the world wouldn't have been aware of this in the first place... but the concept of Lara in Playboy has definitely been established in people's minds, now that it's become headline news, even if that comes due to her disapproval.

The cynic in me always harbours a suspicion that these things are done for publicity. At a time when sex tapes seem to be the best way for nobodies to turn themselves into celebrities, an appearance in Playboy isn't a shocker - and it doesn't really increase a model's profile as much it used to. Until the moment you complain about it.

That said, many celebrities have experienced the surprise of seeing themselves in Playboy thanks to bought-in images, so she wouldn't be the first to be affected by the magazine deciding to act without consultation.

Indeed....I have been wondering when/if she was going to try this path - or kind of this path - it does lead to publicity and if the images are good enough...

Though, I don't know, most VS lovers seem to shy away from Lara's not being bronzed to death...so it's hard to think she will become a mainstream pin-up.

 

[LolaSvelt]

That comment about her saying that she doesn't want to be seen in that publication is a little pretentious. Not to mention, several supermodels have been in French Playboy and it wasn't as if their reputation was ruined.

 

[FrenchCactus]

Yes, Lily Cole, Bianca Balti and Anouck Lepère posed for French Playboy. Their reputation hasn't been tarnished at all and they work in high fashion.

 

[williscrazy]

I doubt everybody has seen her naked before, she is not that world-wide well known before.. but since this issue, she might be seen by everbody

Lily Cole and other celebs who stared on the cover got paid alot, so it's a different case I believe; Lara didn't get paid at all

 

[FrenchCactus]

Lily Cole and other celebs who starred on the cover got paid alot, so it's a different case I believe; Lara didn't get paid at all

Yes you're right about the money thing, but I was referring to her statement about reputation.

And it's interesting how French Playboy can have a "trendy" image thanks to the women who posed for it (Lou Doillon, Juliette Binoche, high-fashion models) and at the same time have a sleazy website. I looked it up out of curiosity, and now I can understand why Lara had that reaction and doesn't want to be associated with that publication.
http://www.playboy.fr/ NSFW obviously

 

[sethii]

^ Yuck.

Another thing to consider is that Lara is always naked in editorials which is not like Lily Cole or those French actresses. When they pose for French Playboy it can be seen as funny ironic whatever - if Lara is in Playboy it is hard for a lot of people to differentiate that from her usual editorials. What if she became known as Playboy model Lara Stone? People are going to google her name and see all the other nude shoots and assume theyre for Playboy too or other such magazines.

 

[m.j.]

oh please, u re a model u re nude half the time.
get over it.

that is so sexist!!! and you are a woman!!!
i have nothing but respect for lara. she worked hard, she had hard times, she has every right to choose where will her nude photos be published.

 

[williscrazy]

I just went into the website, if I haven't seen the play boy symbol, I would have considered it as a p*rn website;|

Yes, Sethii, I guess thats what she meant by her reputation, I doubt any HF model who have nude shots now and then would want to be considered as a play boy regulard/bunny. People like Lily Cole and other celebs, they are well known already as stars/actress/singers, they wouldn't be mistaken as a playboy bunny that easily( I am not saying they won't)

 

[iluvjeisa]

Well, if Lara is less well known than Lily Cole, I guess this is a step in the right direction...something's gotta be done.

 

[angel222]

The french playboy website is sleazy but so are Lara's other nude photos outside of the magazine. Her other nude pics show her in bondage and sexually aggressive poses I don't consider those art at all. She might win this lawsuit but she won't get a lot of money from it.

 

[t-rex]

Didn't Playboy France get a new editor and completely revamp the magazine a while ago?

I'm not sure but I think the magazine is claiming to have an "exclusive" with their feature on her

 

[Squizree]

oh lara *rolls eyes*
I could literally google her name and I'd find loads of pictures exposing her breasts yet she doesn't want to be seen in playboy?

See I don't understand this mentality. Lara has a lot of sex appeal, she posed nude in fashion magazine where the editorials are fashion oriented. Posing for Playboy is COMPLETELY different; it automatically subjects any model to the sad perversion of men.
It's not about whether she was nude or not, it's about the context she appears nude IN. The context of the magazines are TOTALLY different.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

See I don't understand this mentality. Lara has a lot of sex appeal, she posed nude in fashion magazine where the editorials are fashion oriented. Posing for Playboy is COMPLETELY different; it automatically subjects any model to the sad perversion of men.
It's not about whether she was nude or not, it's about the context she appears nude IN. The context of the magazines are TOTALLY different.

Oh well Purple is fine then.

 

[Echoes]

If she's worried about her reputation, she should sue whoever took and published that picture in the first post of this thread. It looks like somebody beat the crap out of her, blackened both eyes and mangled her teeth. What a horrible picture of someone who claims to be a model.