The far-right polemist campaign teams did not judge to ask the media and personalities concerned the authorization to disseminate images inserted in his application video.
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Is it a proof of amateurism? Or a clearly premeditated strategy? Immediately posted on Tuesday, November 30 at noon on YouTube, and broadcast live on continuous information channels, the clip in which Eric Zemmour announces his presidential candidacy triggered the controversy with the media concerned.
Between two sequences staged by a library on a background of 7 e Symphony de Beethoven, the far-right polemist has indeed chosen to insert images from television broadcasts (France 2, France 3, BFM-TV, France Culture …), Films – Out of breath, Joan of Arc, Miserables, etc. – or showing personalities such as Yann Barthès, Aymeric Caron or the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti. Problem: None of the beneficiaries contacted by Le Monde has previously received any dissemination request.
La Gaumont, who holds the rights of the film Jeanne d’Arc, of Luc Besson, and a monkey in winter of Henri Verneuil, some of which appear furtively in the clip of Eric Zemmour, says to have “discovered At its great astonishment, the Eric Zemmour campaign clip put forward films from its catalog, for which it has not allowed any authorization. ” According to our information, the company looks at the legal actions to be carried out. Luc Besson told the France-Presse agency (AFP) wanting to prosecute. For its part, Pathé confirms the world having “given no authorization to the use of images reproduced in the eric Zemmour application video”. Contacted by Télérama , the nephew of the singer Barbara, Bernard Serf, has indignant the use of the image From the singer by the now candidate: “Is it necessary to clarify that this appropriation, also revolting as scandalous when one knows the work and the humanistic commitments of the artist, was done without the agreement of the family of The person concerned? “He wrote to the weekly.
” Eric Zemmour will fulfill the rights of images taken “
The polemicist team defended from these criticisms by citing the “short quote” right, in an email addressed to AFP. In this respect, the law is clear: “Any partial reproduction is an infringement of copyright, explains Christophe Bigot, a lawyer specializing in media law. The exception for short quote is very framed, and neither propaganda, Neither political communication fall into this category “. The lawyer specifies that an entitlement has the opportunity to ask for compensation, withdrawal of images whose use disturbs, or both.
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