Rihanna is being sued by a photographer over the video for her song “S&M”.

German photographer Philipp Paulus is undergoing legal action as he believes that parts of the song’s video were copied from his fashion photo series “Paperworld”.

The photographer previously following legal action back in 2011 but now claims that despite acknowledging the similarities, Universal Music Group did not do enough to compensate him.

Paulus’ lawyer said: "The ludicrous thing about this situation is that Universal Music has for some time been bringing about a wave of lawsuits against end users for copyright infringements.

"Yet as far as our case is concerned, the usage from the photo series 'Paperworld' by Philipp Paulus in the music video 'S&M' is a serious and worldwide infringement of copyright, which is the responsibility of Universal Music."