After his conviction following the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, Gilbert Montagné briefly came out of silence, this Monday, December 16, with Le Parisien. The fight does not end there for the singer…
Who has never sung Gilbert Montagné's hits at the top of their lungs?during wild evenings? The 72-year-old singer, who has performed his hit countless times We're going to love each other on television sets, since its release in 1983, however, no longer has the heart to party. In an October 9 ruling consulted by AFP, the Paris Court of Appeal decided that Gilbert Montagné and his lyricist Didier Barbelivien could no longer “benefit from the income generated by the infringing work We're going to love each other“. To understand this affair in several episodes, we have to go back to the 70s.
The Italian Gianni Nazzaro sang, in 1976, the title A girl from France, composed by Michel Cywie and co-written by Didier Barbelivien. Gianni Nazzaro, who filed a complaint in Italy in 2012 for plagiarism, won his case, since Gilbert Montagné and Didier Barbelivien were ordered to pay royalties. Something they refused to do…
Gilbert Montagné speaks for the first time after the decision of the Court of Appeal
After an appeal in cassation and a new trial, the Paris Court of Appeal finally ruled in favor of the opposing camp, but Didier Barbelivien persisted and signed. “I suggest to anyone who is willing to listen to both works to form their own opinion. If you listen to both you'll fall out of the closet“, he told AFP. Determined to continue their fight, Gilbert Montagné and Didier Barbelivien appealed to the Court of Cassation.
“In fifty years in the business, I had never seen such an aberration. The affair is far from over, neither in Italy nor in France. Especially since Mr. Barbelivien has had his copyright blocked on the two songs since an Italian decision in 2015“, declared Didier Barbelivien's lawyer, according to comments reported by Le Parisien. Gilbert Montagné, for his part, broke his silence for a brief statement to Le Parisien. “The case is still in court, I cannot comment on it“, he said. The matter is clearly far from over…
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