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On BBC News about Holleeder’s lawsuit against Heineken Kidnapping movie

2 February 2012 door Jens van den Brink

bbc-news-2-february-2012BBC News had an item today about the release of Willem Holleeder. The BBC report also mentions the film “the Heineken Kidnapping” and comments on the lawsuit conducted by Willem Holleeder against the film’s producer IDTV. On that matter I have been briefly interviewed as IDTV’s attorney. Please [Read more…] about On BBC News about Holleeder’s lawsuit against Heineken Kidnapping movie

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: artistic freedom, free speech, heineken kidnapping

Kidnapper fails to obtain injunction prohibiting release of Dutch movie on kidnapping of Alfred Heineken

31 October 2011 door Emiel Jurjens

movie posterOn Oct. 28, 2011, the Court of First Instance in Amsterdam delivered its full judgment in the case of Willem Holleeder v. IDTV (verdict here, in Dutch). The judgment contains important guidelines for makers of historical movies (or other works of art) that mix fact and fiction. The court also confirms the principles laid down in the recent ECHR Mosley ruling.

The facts
In 1983, Dutch beer tycoon Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur Doderer were kidnapped by a group of five men, among whom the claimant in this case, Willem Holleeder. After having been locked for three weeks in two damp cells, without heating and chained to the wall, Heineken and Doderer were freed by the police. The kidnappers escaped with EURO 13.6 million ransom money, but were eventually [Read more…] about Kidnapper fails to obtain injunction prohibiting release of Dutch movie on kidnapping of Alfred Heineken

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: artistic freedom, censorship, free speech, Heineken, image right, prior notification

English translation of court order in Louis Vuitton vs. Nadia Plesner case

11 March 2011 door Reindert van der Zaal

darfurnica4We have already reported on Media Report about the Dutch case over depection of a bag in an artwork between Louis Vuitton and Danish artist Nadia Plesner.

There is now an English translation of the Dutch court order available here.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: artistic freedom, design rights, freedom of speech, louis vuitton, Nadia Plesner

Louis Vuitton sues Danish artist Plesner in the Netherlands over depiction of bag in art work

7 March 2011 door Jens van den Brink

darfurnica4Danish artist Nadia Plesner is studying at the Rietveld Academie in the Netherlands. One of Plesner’s works of art, Darfurnica (see picture on the left), is modeled after Picasso’s Guernica and expresses the artist’s surprise at the attention that is paid to nondescript celebrities like Paris Hilton, while humanitarian disasters like those in Darfur remain rather unnoticed. In the middle of the painting an African child is depicted, holding a bag. Louis Vuitton is of the view that the pattern of this bag infringes its [Read more…] about Louis Vuitton sues Danish artist Plesner in the Netherlands over depiction of bag in art work

Filed Under: Press Law Tagged With: artistic freedom, design rights, freedom of speech, louis vuitton, plesner

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