First Rihanna scandal of 2012: “We Found Love” in a plagiarized place? Hardly.

This isn't the first time Rihanna has been attacked over imagery for one of her music videos. However, this time it's a bit of a stretch.

Last October, the singer was in the middle of a slew of claims, that were eventually settled, when the authenticity of imagery used in her music video "S&M" was called into question. Now her video, "We Found Love," is being called into question. Photographer Sandy Kim says photos of hers were not credited in the video.

If you want to start splitting hairs over what parts of "We Found Love" are original content, what is derived and what is plagiarized, you may as well throw in the references produced by MTV as well. In an article released just after the video's premiere, author James Montgomery cites many pop-culture references that appear during "We Found Love," none of which are Kim's photos. For example, Montgomery writes that "We Found Love" features a scene in which Rihanna is sitting in clouded bath water. This scene also appears in Britney Spears' 2004 video "Everytime." The theme of "love gone sour" in Britney's video also parallels the story in "We Found Love."

In another article by MTV, video director Melina Matsoukas admits that the inspiration for the video came from "real, raw movies" like "Attack the Block," "Kids," "Trainspotting" and "Requiem for a Dream." Is it possible that other artists have used the same films as inspiration for their work? Yes. Should everyone who uses these films for inspiration be penalized? No. True, there are some similarities between screen grabs of Rihanna's video and Kim's photos, but who is to say that the same source material didn't inspire both?

In this case, I think "We Found Love" has too many references from a variety of sources to be classified as being stolen from Kim. In short, move on, a lawsuit isn't going to happen.

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