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Klasen v. Malka: photographs incorporated into paintings

Decision date · 15 May 2015

Context photograph: Entrance to the French Court of Cassation at the Paris Palais de Justice.
Context photograph: Entrance to the French Court of Cassation at the Paris Palais de Justice. Tiraden · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized

The dispute

A painter used elements of fashion photographs in several paintings and invoked freedom of artistic expression.

The decision

The Court of Cassation required a concrete balancing of the competing rights and sent the case back.

Source

Cour de cassation · 13-27.391

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