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French President Sarkozy Accused of DVD Piracy

by Caleb Johnson on October 8, 2009 at 05:54 PM

Known for his anti-piracy views, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has once again been accused of being the pot that called the kettle black. According to Huffington Post, a French newspaper is reporting that Sarkozy illegally made 400 copies of a DVD and gave them to diplomats at a conference. The film in question is a 52-minute documentary on Sarkozy, himself, called 'A visage decouvert: Nicolas Sarkozy.' The distributor only gave the president 50 copies, which, apparently, just wasn't enough. Sarkozy burned a few hundred more, but didn't stop there, either. The President, or whoever actually made the copies, worked up a new DVD jacket and replaced manufacturer Galaxie Presse's logo with that of Sarkozy's own presidential 'AV Service.'

If you're keeping count at home, this is Sarkozy's second brush with copyright infringement. This means, according to his own policy, Sarkozy is just "one strike" away from being out. What, we wonder, does Sarkozy's musician wife think about his lack of respect for copyright law? We'd imagine somebody's going to be in, how do you say? Le doghouse. [From: Huffington Post]

Tags: copyright, dvd, france, government, illegal, nicolas sarkozy, NicolasSarkozy, piracy, top

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