The former polemicist had used, for his declaration of candidacy for the presidential election, images from films and the media.
After being restricted by YouTube as soon as it was broadcast, Éric Zemmour’s declaration of candidacy clip is now being challenged by the courts. On November 30, the former polemicist revealed, in a ten-minute video, the reasons for his entry into the campaign.
Using images from films or media as illustrative plans, the candidate was quickly implicated for possible copyright infringement. According to information from Sunday newspaper , the justice took up the case on January 30th.
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Assigned – as his party Reconquest! – for “copyright infringement”, Éric Zemmour will therefore be invited to his hearing scheduled for January 27th. On the bench of the plaintiffs will be present in particular the companies Gaumont and Europacorp, the director Luc Besson, the heirs of the director Marcel Carné or the Society of dramatic authors and composers.
All accuse the candidate of having used some of their images without their consent. As a reminder, in his campaign statement in an unprecedented format, Éric Zemmour could be seen seated facing a microphone, in a setting and posture reminiscent of that of General de Gaulle during his call on June 18, 1940. His long monologue was also interspersed with various shots, such as images of riots, demonstrations, or extracts from the film Jeanne D’Arc by Luc Besson.