Musical comedy by Pascal Obispo: Élie Chouraqui dismissed by the courts

Europe 1 with AFP 11:21 a.m., February 1, 2024

The Paris judicial court rejected the filmmaker and producer Élie Chouraqui, who demanded the cancellation of the musical comedy "The Ten Commandments - The Desire to Love" by Pascal Obispo, according to a decision rendered on Wednesday which AFP received. awareness.

Élie Chouraqui had sued Obispo for “copyright infringement”

At the beginning of October, Élie Chouraqui had sued the production company of this musical, as well as Pascal Obispo and the co-authors of the show, for "copyright infringement", "brand infringement", "parasitism" and "competition unfair."

At issue: the show, now in rehearsal, contains songs from the musical

created in 2000 by Élie Chouraqui with, among others, Pascal Obispo and the choreographer Kamel Ouali. In its decision, rendered after a hearing held on December 7, the Paris judicial court “dismissed” Élie Chouraqui of his requests, “based on unfair competition and parasitism”.

Élie Chouraqui will appeal

He orders Élie Chouraqui to pay 10,000 euros to Obispo's production company in damages for acts of denigration, as well as 30,000 euros in procedural costs to several co-authors of the 2000 musical, also assigned (Albert Cohen, co-producer, Patrice Guirao and Lionel Florence for song lyrics).

Charles Morel, lawyer for Élie Chouraqui, told AFP that he was going to appeal.