This from Starpulse.com:
The family and friends of tragic TLC star Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes have threatened a trendy Los Angeles clothing company with legal action after learning bosses have used the late hip-hop star as an inspiration for new designs without permission.First, spell my name right. Second, the matter has been referred to her family's attorney, no legal action has been taken or threatened. Last, the legal opinion is actually TRCBs favorite entertainment blog, PopSquire.com.
Dragonfly designers staged a photo shoot with models posing as dead stars as part of reality show Janice Dickinson's Modeling Agency, which aired on Tuesday night - and Lopes' loved ones were horrified to see the singer's likeness created.
Lopes' stunned former best friend and publicist Jay Morose says, "They explicitly said they are portraying Elvis, Kurt Cobain and my friend, Lisa Lopes. The photos are now online as a catalogue for this company. They even identify the models by their rock star names."
Morose approached Dragonfly bosses after speaking with the late star's family - in an effort to have the upsetting images taken down.
He adds, "An assistant told me they can do whatever they want with the images. But it's tasteless - and also highly illegal. In California, tort law generally prohibits commercial use of a celebrity's likeness without consent. This matter has been passed on to the family's attorneys."
Other than that, its right on, the shoot was tasteless. The Dragonfly people did tell me they could do whatever they wanted with the images and did hang up on me after calling me ignorant and refusing to even give me their address or names.
You cant expect much from people who would do such a thing in the first place, but Janice Dickinson, Oxygen and Freemantle Media should not have been a party to such a tasteless stunt in the first place.
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