A trade group representing French authors and screenwriters said Thursday that it had launched legal action against Chinese social media group TikTok over alleged copyright infringements.
The Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD), a non-profit collective which represents around 60,000 writers for cinema, TV, theatre and comedy shows, said it had filed a suit in Paris.
鈥楾ikTok has, for many years, been using protected works from the SACD repertoire without any authorisation and has never offered acceptable compensation for the authors of these works, nor has it removed the works we asked it to,鈥� the SACD said in a statement sent to AFP.
It cited the use of dialogue or extracts from leading French films such as 鈥楢sterix and Obelix鈥� or cult comedy 鈥橞rice de Nice鈥�, as well as animated series and comedy sketches.
After four years of fruitless discussions, the SADC said it was seeking 鈥榬edress for the losses suffered by the authors of the works exploited or performed on the platform鈥�.