This Friday evening, July 30, in two letters of which
Le Figaro
has obtained a copy, Grand Corps Malade and his lawyer Sébastien Haas respond to chronicler Fabien Leceuvre.
In the middle of this week, as revealed by
Le Figaro
, the latter sent a formal notice to the singer-songwriter accusing him of having used his voice in his new song
Des gens beaux
.
A title where the slammer takes the defense of the singer Hoshi attacked on his physique by Fabien Leceuvre.
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In his letter, Grand Corps Malade finds Fabien Leceuvre
“decidedly surprising.
Me who thought you would like my song and thank you.
I turn your radio horrors into a festive piece and I receive a formal notice.
I thought you'd be grateful if I found the right way to apologize a lot more effectively than your six half-lines on Twitter.
You accuse me of inciting hatred: the last straw! Frankly, only your words, the ones that come out of your own mouth, could cause such an epidermal reaction. My song is all about good humor, peace, tolerance, and during festivals this summer, people (beautiful or not) sang and danced to it like never before. ”
(...)
“I think we have to stop there.
You missed your first media platform, you seem to me badly embarked on the second.
So come dance to this lovely song, accept it for what it stands for, and be proud to have inspired it.
Unless you don't find me handsome enough? ”
A second letter sent
For his part, Me Sébastien Haas, counsel to Grand Corps Malade, sent another letter, this time to his colleague Stéphane Loisy, counsel to Fabien Leceuvre. For Sébastien Haas,
“the comments made publicly by Fabien Leceuvre in the exercise of his profession are part of the public debate and do not fall within his private sphere. Your client's pedigree does not work in his favor knowing that he was on the radio waves that he masters to perfection. "
In his formal notice, Fabien Leceuvre refers to the case law of Claude Piéplu and Léon Zitrone.
Response from the lawyer for Grand Corps Malade:
“You are wrongly citing old case law which was part of the exact opposite of ours.
a strictly commercial advertisement for socks for Claude Piéplu, a clandestine recording of a private conversation for Léon Zitrone. "
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Fabien Leceuvre believes that he is the co-author of the song?
“No intellectual property monopoly is possible on the basis of an opinion expressed without the slightest artistic expression ... unlike Fabien Marsaud's text. This text, like his music, constitutes as much a work of art in its own right as the free expression of an artist who has the most absolute right, in the form that suits him as long as he respects the right, to respond to words. public, proven and unambiguous by Fabien Lecoeuvre. The law has been respected in all its aspects, with all due respect. "
Regarding incitement to hatred on stage in festivals of which Fabien Leceuvre complains,
“there is no incitement to hatred of any kind whatsoever in the texts, attitudes or performances of Grand Corps Malade. It is enough to read or listen to the text to hear the message of respect, peace, tolerance which animates it. "
And Me Haas concludes:
"Any action with regard to the distributor Universal Music France aimed at prohibiting the proper exploitation of the work will be liable to prosecution."
