After the long quarrel over the legacy of Johnny Hallyday, his widow Laeticia Hallyday is again plunged into a court case.
That I love you
, the tribute concert that she has been preparing for several months and which is due to take place on September 14 in Bercy, could well be compromised. According to
the JDD,
the company that manages the show is fighting over the rights to the Taulier hologram with another company, which is preparing for its part a tribute tour, the
Gabrielle Tour
.
At the beginning of June, the Bercy concert hall in Paris announced the holding of a tribute concert to Johnny Hallyday, organized by his wife and the entertainment company DMLS TV.
Calogero, Patrick Bruel, Louane, Kendji Girac or Pascal Obispo should thus reinterpret the singer's hits on the stage where Johnny gave 101 concerts, a record.
Beyond the performances of the artists, Laeticia Hallyday had planned another surprise: to bring Johnny back to life for a few minutes, through a hologram.
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However. The widow of the performer of
Lighten the Fire
is not the only one to have had this idea. Another company, the Backstage Management Agency (BMA), is preparing a tribute tour, the
Gabrielle Tour,
and also intends to use this technology. So, to ensure his back, the BMA decided to deposit the rights to the singer's holograms, last March. "
The hologram is a work subject to intellectual property law and the legal regime of copyright,
" explained Emmanuel Ludot, lawyer for the company BMA, in the pages of the
JDD
.
“
Two copyrights have been filed.
There is, first of all, the protection of the hologram of Johnny Hallyday, that is to say all the representation of Johnny in motion
", specified the lawyer to the
Union
."
The image of Johnny belongs to everyone.
On the other hand, movement and all the technology that allows the artist to move, this is what has been protected.
There is also a protection on the choreography of Hallyday on stage
”, he detailed.
Any imitation of the hologram is therefore subject to their authorization.
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At the beginning of July, Emmanuel Ludot thus gave notice to DMLS TV, which deals with
Que je t'aime,
"
in the event that a holographic use of the artist would be used during a above-mentioned concert, to remove any use which could constitute an infringement of the rights resulting from the two copyrights
”. The lawyer thus intends to “
put the pressure
” on them at the end of August, beginning of September, in order to “
know exactly what will be the content of the show. Either it is something very artisanal where we will transplant existing images, [...] and this does not bother us. Either they create a choreography with new technologies [...] and there it bothers us because it is protected
”, clarified Emmanuel Ludot. "
From the moment it is protected, it is first come, first served,
”he concluded in the columns of
The Union
.
A shock for the widow of Taulier and the production company of
Que Je t'aime
, for whom the image of the singer cannot be "
privatized
". But beyond the hologram rights, the BMA and its lawyer also accuse the organizers of the Bercy show of having "
an activity not in accordance with the provisions relating to the exercise of entrepreneur of live shows
", which would cause a "
breach of equality
”and“
unfair competition
”. The file was transmitted to the prefect of Ile-de-France, who could well decide to cancel the concert tribute to Johnny, four years after his death.
