Sad news for fans of Mylène Farmer. The singer’s concerts, initially on June 30 and July 1, 2023 have been postponed… to September 2024 ! Faced with the complicated and dangerous situation in the country affected by a wave of riots in connection with the death of Nahel, the authorities had indeed taken the decision to cancel the two shows of Mylène Farmer at the Stade de France. While they had already been waiting for years to see their idol on stage again, fans will now have to wait more than a year before being able to discover his show…
“I dreamed that we could love each other… I was waiting for this moment out of time to share with you this emotion, this unique vertigo that only you are capable of providing. Immense sadness. I love you” the 58-year-old star said on Twitter at the time to comfort his fans.
More generally, fans may be disappointed by another radical decision: the ban on sharing images of the concerts of the tour on social networks. Indeed, the videos that viewers upload on Instagram or Twitter, for example, are systematically deleted from the platforms.
Instead of the famous videos and images, the massage stating that “media has been removed due to a report from the copyright holder” then appears. As our colleagues from Figaro reveal, it seems that Mylène Farmer’s teams are tracking down the slightest concert image shared on the singer. At a time when videos of Beyoncé, Taylor Swift or even Aya Nakamura during their concerts are raining down on social networks, Mylène Farmer would like there to be no trace of her shows on social networks.
But then what does the law say about capturing images during a concert? If we are used to filming in order to create memories, you should know that it is literally forbidden. “The mere fact of filming constitutes the fixation of a work in an illegal manner. We are entering the field of counterfeiting, a criminal offense provided for and framed by the intellectual property code.” Pauline Auberger, director of legal affairs for the National Union of Musical and Variety Shows (Prodiss) at BFM.
Thus, filming a concert exposes anyone to the risk of prosecution and up to 300,000 euros in fines and three years in prison! To find the images of Mylène Farmer’s concerts, her team would use the “Content ID” software which tracks the music in the videos posted thanks to a “digital fingerprint”.
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