In the clip, the candidate of the extreme right has used more than 114 sequences of which he did not own the rights. The beneficiaries had not been contacted beforehand.
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His campaign video, posted in late November had sparked stir among the beneficiaries of the sequences used without permission. On December 30, Eric Zemmour and his party, Reconquista!, Have been assigned to “infringement of copyright” to the High Court of Paris, according to the Sunday newspaper information (JDD) published January 16 confirmed by Le Monde.
The JDD said that among the plaintiffs included Gaumont – which owns the film rights Joan of Arc Luc Besson and A monkey in winter, Henri Verneuil, including some images zipping into the clip – and Luc Besson and EuropaCorp (the production company founded by director). “They were joined by the beneficiaries of director Marcel Carné, excerpts of the movie Mists of Pier were used, as well as those of Jacques Prévert, says the weekly. The Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) premier organization for collective management of copyright, is also part of the plaintiffs. “the hearing will take place on 27 January.
Jacques Attali has also assigned Mr. Zemmour and Friends of Eric Zemmour, December 8, 2021, for violation of his right to image after the airing of the clip of the extreme right candidate. He demanded 5,000 euros in damages, striking out the portion was concerned and 10,000 euro fine per day of delay. The hearing in summary proceedings before the court of Paris, took place on 17 December. The decision was due on January 11, but Mr. Attali has withdrawn the 8 and the court noted. “We will advocate the same way and with the same result,” warns Olivier Pardo, lawyer of Mr. Zemmour, told Le Monde.
One hundred and fourteen sequences contentious
Between two sequences featuring him in front of a library on bottom of 7 th Beethoven, the extreme right-wing polemicist, candidate for the presidential election, had indeed chosen to insert images from television programs (France 2, France 3, BFM-TV …), film (breathless, Les Miserables …), or showing people such as Yann Barthes, Aymeric Caron or the Minister justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti. Problem: None of the beneficiaries – since contacted by Le Monde – had, previously received any request for broadcasting license
The analysis by the World decoders of six hundred and eleven seconds of this video had allowed to identify 39% of the time (either 114 sequences) was devoted to images not belonging to the extreme right candidate. The rest consists of images of M. Zemmour reading his speech, facing camera (28%), or images shot during its meetings (33%).