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TechnoratiCarla Bruni-Sarkozy sues paper for pirating song
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is reportedly suing French daily newspaper Midi Libre for pirating a segment from one of her songs on its website. On 15 February, the newspaper's website took 50 seconds of her Italian adaptation of Douce France, a song by popular mid-20th century French singer Charles Trenet.
After Midi Libre posted the excerpt it was reposted on a number of other websites. Last month, Bertrand de Labbey, Bruni-Sarkozy's agent, slammed the paper's use of an excerpt of the song.
"This extract was just a sketch, a work-in-progress, and not a finished product," said de Labbey. "This was robbed and an internal investigation was opened to find out how Midi Libre received the song."
The release date of Bruni-Sarkozy's fourth album, recorded in a Paris studio, has not yet been fixed.
This is the first time Bruni-Sarkozy has sued since her marriage to the French president. But shortly before they were married she sued Irish economy airline Ryanair for using her and Sarkozy's image without permission.
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