Hachette Filipacchi Associes v France App 12268/03 July 2009

September 3, 2009 | No Comments

The Court held that the Art 10 rights of Ici Paris, a French weekly, had been violated when it was ordered to pay 20,000 Euros damages to the singer Johnny Hallyday for invasion of privacy.

The newspaper had referred inter alia to his financial difficulties and extravagant tastes. It had used photos taken from him advertising products and one of him onstage. The Court said that previous disclosures by the singer, including in his autobiography, weakened his previous claim. They thought it was important that the photographic material came from advertising and not through contentious, undercover or intrusive methods.Hachette Filipacchi Associes v France App 12268/03 July 2009.

Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Media Law

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