Poor Brit Brit. As if her life couldn't get any more tragic, what with the bad hair and worse taste in men, (What? You thought I'd tread on Sarah Silverman territory and mention those poor babies?) according to the AP, luxury goods manufacturer Louis Vuitton has just won a lawsuit that alleged a Britney Spears video violated counterfeiting laws by showcasing a faux pink Vuitton-upholstered dashboard.A Paris civil court ordered Sony BMG and MTV Online to stop broadcasting or marketing the Brit vid for "Do Something" in any form and fined them 80,000 euros ($117,000) apiece, a spokeswoman for Paris-based Louis Vuitton said Monday. The ruling was handed down last week.
The court did not find Spears herself guilty but ruled that Sony BMG and MTV Online were guilty of violating counterfeiting laws. The ruling said the video constituted an "attack" on Louis Vuitton's brands and its luxury image, the spokeswoman said.
That would be the same brand that during WWII collaborated with the Nazis and had a very image conscious sign at the entrance of the flagship store in Paris that said "No dogs. No Jews," right?As You Were....
