The far-right candidate and his party are ordered to pay a total of 70,000 euros to the plaintiffs.
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The far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour was sentenced on Friday March 4 for “copyright infringement” after the unauthorized use of film images in his campaign clip, according to the judgment of which the ‘AFP got a copy.
Eric Zemmour and his Reconquest party! must pay a total of 70,000 euros to the plaintiffs, including the companies Gaumont and EuropaCorp, the directors Luc Besson and François Ozon or the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD).
In his candidacy announcement clip, a ten-minute video published on November 30, 2021 on his YouTube channel, there were many illustrative images taken from films, public figures or even reports broadcast without the agreement. of their author.