![]() ![]() “It would have been a problem for the freedom of the media to do what we were created to do - namely to run a journalistic business, including satirical cartoons - if we had been convicted," Jensen said. ![]() Not just for us, but for all media in Denmark.” On Wednesday, Jensen called it “a very happy day. The daily's chief editor, Tom Jensen, had argued that the paper had used the image of The Little Mermaid for noncommercial purposes. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said “that neither the caricature drawing nor the photograph of The Little Mermaid with a mask on, which was brought to Berlingske in connection with newspaper articles, infringed the copyright of the heirs to the sculpture The Little Mermaid.” The Berlingske newspaper published the cartoon in 2019 to illustrate an article about the level of debate in Denmark and used the photo in 2020 to represent a link between the far right and people fearing COVID-19.Ĭopenhagen’s district court and the Eastern High Court found in 20 that the cartoon and the photo were infringements of the Danish Copyright Act, and ordered the newspaper - one of Denmark's largest - to pay the heirs of Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen thousands of kroner in compensation. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overruled two lower courts, saying a cartoon depicting Copenhagen’s The Little Mermaid statue as a zombie and a photo of it with a face mask did not violate the copyright of the famous bronze. ![]()
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