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bb1 Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:18 pm
What did they expect? If they thought that the entire world consists of seedy voyeurs like them, they were very wrong.
If some old has-been like Madonna wishes to inflict her sagging mammary glands on a horrified world, well, that's up to her.
But these photos were taken by a Peeping Tom, without permission, on private property.
The victim has made it clear how upset she is about this matter, but the scummier press outlets have published them anyway.
It's like rape by camera-lens - SHE SAID NO! End of.
The dirty old men are bad enough; the women who have claimed, Oh, she's fair game/was asking for it, are actually worse. Presumably they won't be complaining if it's done to them, then?
It is, IMO, very telling that the woman who took the damned things has gone into hiding - different rules apply to her, do they?
Agree, Sabot, this has to be stopped - and not just because it is the Duchess of Cambridge. NO-ONE should have to suffer this.
If some old has-been like Madonna wishes to inflict her sagging mammary glands on a horrified world, well, that's up to her.
But these photos were taken by a Peeping Tom, without permission, on private property.
The victim has made it clear how upset she is about this matter, but the scummier press outlets have published them anyway.
It's like rape by camera-lens - SHE SAID NO! End of.
The dirty old men are bad enough; the women who have claimed, Oh, she's fair game/was asking for it, are actually worse. Presumably they won't be complaining if it's done to them, then?
It is, IMO, very telling that the woman who took the damned things has gone into hiding - different rules apply to her, do they?
Agree, Sabot, this has to be stopped - and not just because it is the Duchess of Cambridge. NO-ONE should have to suffer this.
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bb1 Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:26 pm
What's this?
Ms Pieau, who still believes there is ‘nothing shocking’ about the pictures, has so far refused to name the photographer who took the damaging pictures.
A colleague of Ms Pieau said: ‘Valerie is naturally concerned by all the fuss and is in hiding. She is adamant she has done nothing wrong.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2203999/Kate-Middleton-topless-photographer-hiding-royals-head-Paris-court-demand-shes-jailed.html#ixzz26kyiL2E3
Did she send someone actually onto the property, deciding that stalking from a thousand metres away wasn't good enough?
Oh, she can explain herself in court. Nice that she feels she is now entitled to go into hiding, though.
Ms Pieau, who still believes there is ‘nothing shocking’ about the pictures, has so far refused to name the photographer who took the damaging pictures.
A colleague of Ms Pieau said: ‘Valerie is naturally concerned by all the fuss and is in hiding. She is adamant she has done nothing wrong.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2203999/Kate-Middleton-topless-photographer-hiding-royals-head-Paris-court-demand-shes-jailed.html#ixzz26kyiL2E3
Did she send someone actually onto the property, deciding that stalking from a thousand metres away wasn't good enough?
Oh, she can explain herself in court. Nice that she feels she is now entitled to go into hiding, though.
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Sabot Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:46 pm
This photographer didn't suddenly stumble on a photo opportunity, she must have been lurking around for some time, and sussing out the lie of the land. That is Stalking.
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bb1 Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:18 pm
I find it deeply ironic that in supposedly staid, repressed Scotland, the couple were left alone to live their own lives.
In supposedly free-thinking, sophisticated France, they are treated like a freak show.
I hope you are right, Sabot, and the French authorities decide enough's enough. Apart from anything else, a lot of very rich Brits choose to live there precisely because of French privacy laws.
http://news.sky.com/story/985900/royals-seek-injunction-over-kate-photos
Let's see what happens next.
And no, I don't have too much sympathy for the Irish Star employees who may be jobless pretty soon - did any of them protest about this invasion of privacy? Or were they too busy sniggering?
Which reminds me - isn't the Star the rag Blondie and Murat supposedly appeared in?
In supposedly free-thinking, sophisticated France, they are treated like a freak show.
I hope you are right, Sabot, and the French authorities decide enough's enough. Apart from anything else, a lot of very rich Brits choose to live there precisely because of French privacy laws.
http://news.sky.com/story/985900/royals-seek-injunction-over-kate-photos
Let's see what happens next.
And no, I don't have too much sympathy for the Irish Star employees who may be jobless pretty soon - did any of them protest about this invasion of privacy? Or were they too busy sniggering?
Which reminds me - isn't the Star the rag Blondie and Murat supposedly appeared in?
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bb1 Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:20 pm
The Irish Star appears to have stuffed up bigtime:
New privacy laws for Ireland as Irish Daily Star editor is suspended after 'indecent' decision to print topless Kate photos
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204434/Kate-Middleton-photos-Irish-Daily-Star-closed-printing-topless-pictures.html#ixzz26lgzlQRs
ETA, Bennett and other stalkers should read this and try to grasp the meaning of it:
‘It is clear that some sections of the print media are either unable or unwilling in their reportage to distinguish between prurient interest and the public interest,’ Mr Shatter said.
New privacy laws for Ireland as Irish Daily Star editor is suspended after 'indecent' decision to print topless Kate photos
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204434/Kate-Middleton-photos-Irish-Daily-Star-closed-printing-topless-pictures.html#ixzz26lgzlQRs
ETA, Bennett and other stalkers should read this and try to grasp the meaning of it:
‘It is clear that some sections of the print media are either unable or unwilling in their reportage to distinguish between prurient interest and the public interest,’ Mr Shatter said.
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Lamplighter Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:39 am
From Aljazeera TV: The French judge has ruled again the French magazine over the photos. LL
Kate Middleton Topless Photos: Paris Court Grants Injunction Against French Closer
By DOMINIC GOVER:
September 18, 2012 11:21 AM GMT
No more topless images of Kate Middleton can be printed by French Closer magazine, a court has ruled.
The Tribunal de Grande Instance in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre ruled on an injunction submitted in a civil complaint by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The royal couple sought a ban on further publication of the images in print and online, as well as 5,000 euros in damages and further compensation if the pictures are sold.
Three judges had to rule on whether the pictures, taken on a long lens camera, intruded on the Cambridges' privacy by capturing a private scene at a secluded chateaux in southern France.
Closer published 14 pictures in its latest issue on 14 September.
French Closer claimed the topless Duchess was "visible from the street." The magazine said it does own the pictures so cannot sell them.
Lawyer for Prince William and Duchess Kate, Aurelien Hamelle, said were sharing a "healthy and profoundly intimate" moment when the photos were taken.
The situation was "deeply personal" with no place on the front page,' he claimed.
Today civil ruling is the first of two complaints lodged by the royals in a bid to halt stolen images of them appearing in public.
A criminal complaint has also been lodged.
That complaint is against the editor of French Closer magazine who made the decision to publish and the photographer who took the images.
Under France's strict privacy laws, the sentence could be prison in the event of a conviction.
The royal couple are currently on the final day of a tour of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
The photos storm broke last week when images emerged of Duchess Kate topless and rubbing sun cream in the Prince's back.
Publication of a selection of the images by the Irish Daily Star followed on Sunday.
Then Italian gossip magazine Chi published 26 pages of snaps in a special edition.
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Pedro Silva Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:47 am
I agree with this: "The situation was "deeply personal" with no place on the front page,' he claimed."
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Lamplighter Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:51 am
Looks like the Closer editor tried some blackmail:
Maybe it's Pieau's way of warning the British royal family to abandon its budding lawsuit or else she will release the "intimate" photos.
Pieau then begins to talk about how the pictures have been compared to Prince Harry's naked vacation shot in Las Vegas, but she dismisses those comparisons because the pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton are not degrading.
"I won't hide the fact that there are more intimate pictures that exist that we haven't published and will not publish," Pieau said. "We're in the celebrity business, and we know that these images are full of joy, not degrading, and concern a princess who is pretty and is making the whole world dream.
Even though Pieau is saying she wouldn't publish the more "intimate" photos, why would she even bring them up in the first place?
Link to webpage and video where she makes this 'claim'. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/384613/20120915/kate-middleton-topless-photos-sex-prince-william.htm
Maybe it's Pieau's way of warning the British royal family to abandon its budding lawsuit or else she will release the "intimate" photos.
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bb1 Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:53 am
The French courts appear to agree, Pedro:
http://news.sky.com/story/986543/topless-photos-royal-couple-granted-injunction
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have won an injunction preventing Closer magazine showing more photos of her sunbathing.
The injunction was granted by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Nanterre, Paris.
In a civil case the royal couple also won 5,000 euros (£4,034) in damages and a ban on the French magazine - which is run by a different company from the British version - re-publishing the images.
In addition the court agreed to fine Closer 10,000 euros (£8,070) a day for each day the injunction was not respected, and 100,000 euros (£80,720) if the photos are sold.
However, lawyers representing Italian publishing group Mondadori, which owns France's Closer and is controlled by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, told the court that the photos are not theirs to sell.
Mondadori-owned Italian gossip magazine Chi has also published a 26-page spread featuring the topless pictures.
Meanwhile, a separate court in Nanterre has opened a criminal investigation into claims photographers and Closer breached Wlliam and Kate's privacy by publishing the topless photos of her.
The latest developments come after the Irish Daily Star suspended its editor, Michael O'Kane, pending an investigation into the newspaper's decision to use the pictures on Saturday.
The decision infuriated media mogul Richard Desmond, who jointly owns the Star with INM.
Mr Desmond has said he wants it shut down, with insiders at his corporation warning: "He says what he means, and means what he says".
Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, has said the Republic will introduce privacy laws on the back of the scandal.
The scandal first erupted last week when Closer ran the images of the royal couple enjoying a private holiday at Chateau d'Autet, near Aix-en-Provence.
In an angry response St James's Palace said in a statement that a red line had been crossed.
William and Kate are currently on a Diamond Jubilee tour of the Far East and South Pacific where they have travelled to one of the smallest countries in the world, the island nation of Tuvalu.
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As the grubby Peeping Toms at Closer have gone suddenly shy about the identity of the photographer, I suspect he/she was actually in the grounds of the chateau when he/she went perving.
http://news.sky.com/story/986543/topless-photos-royal-couple-granted-injunction
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have won an injunction preventing Closer magazine showing more photos of her sunbathing.
The injunction was granted by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Nanterre, Paris.
In a civil case the royal couple also won 5,000 euros (£4,034) in damages and a ban on the French magazine - which is run by a different company from the British version - re-publishing the images.
In addition the court agreed to fine Closer 10,000 euros (£8,070) a day for each day the injunction was not respected, and 100,000 euros (£80,720) if the photos are sold.
However, lawyers representing Italian publishing group Mondadori, which owns France's Closer and is controlled by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, told the court that the photos are not theirs to sell.
Mondadori-owned Italian gossip magazine Chi has also published a 26-page spread featuring the topless pictures.
Meanwhile, a separate court in Nanterre has opened a criminal investigation into claims photographers and Closer breached Wlliam and Kate's privacy by publishing the topless photos of her.
The latest developments come after the Irish Daily Star suspended its editor, Michael O'Kane, pending an investigation into the newspaper's decision to use the pictures on Saturday.
The decision infuriated media mogul Richard Desmond, who jointly owns the Star with INM.
Mr Desmond has said he wants it shut down, with insiders at his corporation warning: "He says what he means, and means what he says".
Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, has said the Republic will introduce privacy laws on the back of the scandal.
The scandal first erupted last week when Closer ran the images of the royal couple enjoying a private holiday at Chateau d'Autet, near Aix-en-Provence.
In an angry response St James's Palace said in a statement that a red line had been crossed.
William and Kate are currently on a Diamond Jubilee tour of the Far East and South Pacific where they have travelled to one of the smallest countries in the world, the island nation of Tuvalu.
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As the grubby Peeping Toms at Closer have gone suddenly shy about the identity of the photographer, I suspect he/she was actually in the grounds of the chateau when he/she went perving.
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bb1 Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:57 am
Thanks, LL.
One shouldn't dramatize these pictures.
Really? Then why did Closer feel the need to put OH MY GOD! on their front page in pink scribble?
Two-faced, lying hypocrites.
IMO, the perv who took them was in the grounds of the chateau.
One shouldn't dramatize these pictures.
Really? Then why did Closer feel the need to put OH MY GOD! on their front page in pink scribble?
Two-faced, lying hypocrites.
IMO, the perv who took them was in the grounds of the chateau.
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Sabot Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:59 am
Blackmail? So they weren't just pictures of The Duchess sun bathing. I think I feel a bit sick. No wonder she felt violated. Disgusting people. Intimate moments are just that. Intimate.
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bb1 Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:20 pm
Quite, Sabot. The Duchess of Cambridge is as entitled to the protection of the law as anyone else.
Now, as I said, it is one thing if Madonna chooses to inflict her droopy bits on the world. If well-endowed young ladies make the most of their assets while they have them by getting well-paid to cheer up tabloid readers, again, it's up to them.
It is a completely different matter if some pervy photographer sneaks onto private property to stalk a woman sitting on aforesaid private property with her husband. If there isn't a stink about this, if lines are not drawn in sand, then the scums will stop at NOTHING. NOTHING will be off-limits, as long as it gives some hypocrite liar an excuse to go OH MY GOD in pink scribble.
What aforesaid hypocrite is actually saying is that her rag caters to the dirty mac brigade and jealous old harridans.
Now, as I said, it is one thing if Madonna chooses to inflict her droopy bits on the world. If well-endowed young ladies make the most of their assets while they have them by getting well-paid to cheer up tabloid readers, again, it's up to them.
It is a completely different matter if some pervy photographer sneaks onto private property to stalk a woman sitting on aforesaid private property with her husband. If there isn't a stink about this, if lines are not drawn in sand, then the scums will stop at NOTHING. NOTHING will be off-limits, as long as it gives some hypocrite liar an excuse to go OH MY GOD in pink scribble.
What aforesaid hypocrite is actually saying is that her rag caters to the dirty mac brigade and jealous old harridans.
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Sabot Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:31 pm
This is a total lack of respect for the privacy of everyone. Nasty, salacious perverts, procuring photos for other perverts to dribble over.
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bb1 Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:01 pm
French Closer claimed the topless Duchess was "visible from the street."
Really?
Liar and hypocrite.
Really?
Liar and hypocrite.
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Pedro Silva Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:40 pm
about: "The French courts appear to agree", yes bb1, which is good, French press must know that about privacy, famous or not, people´s intimacy / privacy, must be respected, what sort of reaction those who took the photos had, if it was their privacy exposed in the press? the authors of those private photos should think about it before expose this sort of private photos, not to be exposed in the press.
I agree with: "No wonder she felt violated. Disgusting people. Intimate moments are just that. Intimate.."
"The Duchess of Cambridge is as entitled to the protection of the law as anyone else."
This is a total lack of respect for the privacy of everyone. Nasty, salacious perverts, procuring photos for other perverts to dribble over"
well done Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, through their lawyers.
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birch is not too different from the pervet who took those intimate photos.
I agree with: "No wonder she felt violated. Disgusting people. Intimate moments are just that. Intimate.."
"The Duchess of Cambridge is as entitled to the protection of the law as anyone else."
This is a total lack of respect for the privacy of everyone. Nasty, salacious perverts, procuring photos for other perverts to dribble over"
well done Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, through their lawyers.
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birch is not too different from the pervet who took those intimate photos.
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bb1 Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:54 pm
IMO, it is part of the same mindset, Pedro.
It's like Bennett thinking he had some God-given right to hide in the Kennedys' garden and photograph their security system.
It's like Bennett hanging around the Smethursts' home and whining because there weren't enough windows for him to stare in - he must have been in ecstasies when he saw the house for sale on Zoopla, and had interior photos for him to dribble over.
And Birch, not only trespassing on the Murats' property, but demanding he be allowed to dig it up.
Let us not forget, Bennett was also hanging around the McCanns' home at dusk, and taking photos of it - creep.
It's this mindset that has no respect whatsoever for other people, and their rights, while demanding every imagined 'right' under the sun for yourself.
It's like Bennett thinking he had some God-given right to hide in the Kennedys' garden and photograph their security system.
It's like Bennett hanging around the Smethursts' home and whining because there weren't enough windows for him to stare in - he must have been in ecstasies when he saw the house for sale on Zoopla, and had interior photos for him to dribble over.
And Birch, not only trespassing on the Murats' property, but demanding he be allowed to dig it up.
Let us not forget, Bennett was also hanging around the McCanns' home at dusk, and taking photos of it - creep.
It's this mindset that has no respect whatsoever for other people, and their rights, while demanding every imagined 'right' under the sun for yourself.
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Pedro Silva Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:59 pm
You´re right bb1, I agree with you.
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Sabot Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:44 pm
This isn't particularly about Topless Photographs. It's about people thinking they have a right to intrude anywhere they like, and into anything that suits them.
This last year The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been almost constantly in the public eye, and on call for photographs, always under scrutiny, and generally picked apart. But they have Rights too, and this won't stop unless examples are made.
Sheesh, the poor girl is going to start wondering who might be looking in her bedroom window if something isn't done.
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Thanks, Pedro:
French ban on topless pictures of Duchess of Cambridge is a victory for 'human decency', says media lawyer
A French court's decision to grant an injunction against the publisher of Closer over further publication of topless images of the Duchess of Cambridge is a victory for "human decency", according to media lawyer Charlotte Harris.
The Paris court has ordered the publisher of the gossip magazine to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge and blocked the further publication of the images.
Under the ruling, Closer cannot publish the images of an intimate moment in the south of France any further, including on its website and tablet application.
Speaking after the ruling, Charlotte Harris, a partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya, said the verdict vindicated the decision by Prince William and his wife to pursue the matter through the courts.
"Some control has been taken back by the person who is the victim, that is extremely important and it may well dictate how the law in this area continues to develop," the media lawyer said.
"The arguments raised in court yesterday by Closer were pretty weak," she added, "sometimes things have to come down to simple human decency."
Today's ruling only affects the French publisher but Ms Harris added that she expects similar proceedings to be launched against those who published the images in Ireland and Italy.
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"sometimes things have to come down to simple human decency."
They do indeed; I have found the spectacle of women declaring that she was 'asking for it/fair game', particularly foul; one can only assume they are resentful and jealous of a younger, prettier woman.
French ban on topless pictures of Duchess of Cambridge is a victory for 'human decency', says media lawyer
A French court's decision to grant an injunction against the publisher of Closer over further publication of topless images of the Duchess of Cambridge is a victory for "human decency", according to media lawyer Charlotte Harris.
The Paris court has ordered the publisher of the gossip magazine to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge and blocked the further publication of the images.
Under the ruling, Closer cannot publish the images of an intimate moment in the south of France any further, including on its website and tablet application.
Speaking after the ruling, Charlotte Harris, a partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya, said the verdict vindicated the decision by Prince William and his wife to pursue the matter through the courts.
"Some control has been taken back by the person who is the victim, that is extremely important and it may well dictate how the law in this area continues to develop," the media lawyer said.
"The arguments raised in court yesterday by Closer were pretty weak," she added, "sometimes things have to come down to simple human decency."
Today's ruling only affects the French publisher but Ms Harris added that she expects similar proceedings to be launched against those who published the images in Ireland and Italy.
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"sometimes things have to come down to simple human decency."
They do indeed; I have found the spectacle of women declaring that she was 'asking for it/fair game', particularly foul; one can only assume they are resentful and jealous of a younger, prettier woman.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9549917/France-bans-further-publication-of-topless-pictures-of-Duchess.html
France bans further publication of topless pictures of Duchess
A French court has ordered the publisher of a gossip magazine to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge and blocked the further publication of the images.
By Henry Samuel, Paris9:47AM BST 18 Sep 2012
A French court has ordered the publisher of a gossip magazine to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge and blocked the further publication of the images.
Under the ruling, the magazine Closer cannot publish the images of an intimate moment in the south of France any further, including on its website and tablet application.
The magazine published 14 photos of a partially clad Kate in its pages on Friday.
However the ruling will not block international publication. The ruling only affects the French publisher.
The court's decision comes as a French prosecutor opened a preliminary criminal investigation into the pictures.
The inquiry, which could take months, will allow the prosecutor to decide whether to proceed with a full investigation into whether taking and publishing the pictures breached the couple's right to privacy under French law.
The prosecutor will also have to decide who any criminal proceedings are directed against.
The royals' complaint cites “persons unknown” but it is understood they want proceedings brought against both the editor of Closer magazine, which published the photos on Friday, and whoever took the images of the couple sunbathing at a chateau in Provence earlier this month.
In court yesterday, Aurelien Hamelle, a lawyer for the royal couple, said the Duchess was a "young woman, and not an object" and the photos were from a "highly intimate moment".
Bringing the civil action, he said his clients were not demanding the magazine be pulled from shelves, as "the damage is done", but they did not want any more copies printed of last Friday's edition that contained the controversial pictures.
Drawing a parallel with the "useless, morbid and fatal hunt" by paparazzi that led to the death of William's mother Princess Diana, Mr Hamelle urged the judge to grant an injunction against all republishing of the photographs in print and in digital form and to ban their resale.
Mr Hamelle asked the court to fine the magazine 10,000 euro (£8,070) a day for each day the injunction is not respected, and 100,000 (£80,720) if the photos are sold. The royals are also seeking 5,000 euro (£4,034) in damages.
French Closer contends that the pictures "are by no means degrading". Delphine Pando, a lawyer for the magazine and its publisher Mondadori media group, said it was an unreasonable request to demand an immediate end of printing last Friday's edition.
The lawyer also denied Mondadori tried to sell the images to other media organizations, saying the rights were with the photographer or an agency.
France bans further publication of topless pictures of Duchess
A French court has ordered the publisher of a gossip magazine to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge and blocked the further publication of the images.
By Henry Samuel, Paris9:47AM BST 18 Sep 2012
A French court has ordered the publisher of a gossip magazine to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge and blocked the further publication of the images.
Under the ruling, the magazine Closer cannot publish the images of an intimate moment in the south of France any further, including on its website and tablet application.
The magazine published 14 photos of a partially clad Kate in its pages on Friday.
However the ruling will not block international publication. The ruling only affects the French publisher.
The court's decision comes as a French prosecutor opened a preliminary criminal investigation into the pictures.
The inquiry, which could take months, will allow the prosecutor to decide whether to proceed with a full investigation into whether taking and publishing the pictures breached the couple's right to privacy under French law.
The prosecutor will also have to decide who any criminal proceedings are directed against.
The royals' complaint cites “persons unknown” but it is understood they want proceedings brought against both the editor of Closer magazine, which published the photos on Friday, and whoever took the images of the couple sunbathing at a chateau in Provence earlier this month.
In court yesterday, Aurelien Hamelle, a lawyer for the royal couple, said the Duchess was a "young woman, and not an object" and the photos were from a "highly intimate moment".
Bringing the civil action, he said his clients were not demanding the magazine be pulled from shelves, as "the damage is done", but they did not want any more copies printed of last Friday's edition that contained the controversial pictures.
Drawing a parallel with the "useless, morbid and fatal hunt" by paparazzi that led to the death of William's mother Princess Diana, Mr Hamelle urged the judge to grant an injunction against all republishing of the photographs in print and in digital form and to ban their resale.
Mr Hamelle asked the court to fine the magazine 10,000 euro (£8,070) a day for each day the injunction is not respected, and 100,000 (£80,720) if the photos are sold. The royals are also seeking 5,000 euro (£4,034) in damages.
French Closer contends that the pictures "are by no means degrading". Delphine Pando, a lawyer for the magazine and its publisher Mondadori media group, said it was an unreasonable request to demand an immediate end of printing last Friday's edition.
The lawyer also denied Mondadori tried to sell the images to other media organizations, saying the rights were with the photographer or an agency.
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you welcome bb1.
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And now a Danish newspaper/magazine says it will have the photos in Thursday's edition.
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