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A French scriptwriter claimed that he realised, when viewing the trailer for the film ‘The Artist’, released in October 2011, that the key sequences of a screenplay he had written had been used. The director had written a project for a silent cinema film in black and white, entitled ‘Timidity, la symphonie du Petit homme’ in the form of a usable version, first in 2000 and then in 2006. He had a summons for infringement of the copyright protection for the screenplay of his film issued against the author and the director of the film ‘The Artist’, which won several awards the following year at the...

On 27 January - the day on which the film ‘Salafistes’ was released in cinemas - Minister for Culture Fleur Pellerin, adopting the Film Classification Board’s opinion, banned the showing of the documentary film to anyone less than 18 years of age. The film provides a sounding board for a number of theoreticians of Islamic terrorism, and shows the everyday application of sharia law in Mauritania, Mali and Iraq. It also includes video footage of propaganda by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and by al-Qaeda, as well as amateur footage filmed during the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the attack...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has confirmed the robust Article 10 protection for investigative journalism expressed in a television documentary, holding that a conviction for defamation of a Saudi Arabian prince violated the right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). In 2006, Prince Turki Al Faisal brought defamation proceedings against France Télévisions, Patrick de Carolis as its director, and a journalist, after the broadcasting on the TV channel France 3 of a documentary entitled “11 September...

In November 2015 the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) embarked on a series of hearings and concertation with the professionals in the audiovisual production sector (including editors of television services, representatives of writers, directors and producers). The process pointed to the economic difficulties facing broadcasters, who are the main financers of audiovisual production, and the concerns of independent producers regarding the future of creation. On completing these hearings, the CSA drew up a list of possible areas for change in the regulations,...

On 21 January 2016, French MP Marcel Rogemont submitted his report on application of the Act of 15 November 2013 on the independence of the public audiovisual media. In it he made 21 proposals. It should be borne in mind that the most recent legislation reforming the audiovisual sector substantially reinforced the powers of the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA). Firstly, regarding the public audiovisual sector by giving it the power to appoint the Presidents of the companies France Télévisions, Radio France and France Média Monde, previously in the hands...