Facebook sued for censoring controversial art as profile picture

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Facebook in court for censored "The Origin of the World"

A user who was deprived of his private account on the social network after posting Gustave Courbet's painting filed a writ of summons for violation of freedom of expression.

A user whose deprived of his Facebook account after posting in his profile the painting "The Origin of the World" by Gustave Courbet depicting female genitals, filed a summons before the High Court of Paris for the right to freedom of expression, officials said Sunday from his lawyer.

The summons filed last week by lawyer Stephen Nantes Cottineau also aims to consider abusive a clause in the contract to join Facebook, which gives exclusive jurisdiction to the court of Santa Clara, California (United States) for any trial, confirming a Information Journal Sunday.

"Blind censorship"

The summons filed last week by lawyer Stephen Nantes Cottineau also aims to consider abusive a clause in the contract to join Facebook, which gives exclusive jurisdiction to the court of Santa Clara, California (United States) for any trial, confirming a Information Journal Sunday.

The complainant, who according to his lawyer had about 800 friends, had his account disabled by "blind censorship" on the eve of his birthday and considers, therefore, to have suffered harm, especially since his mails of complaint went unanswered .

He "felt like he was seen as a person who is not worthy of consideration or have customs or practices prohibited by the law," said the lawyer recalling that his client " a rightful man, and grown very attached to the transmission of knowledge "is a school teacher and father of three children.

Facebook confuses art and pornography

The photo of the painting of Gustave Courbet referred to a link to watch a documentary on the history of this picture broadcast on television channel Arte. The complainant, a resident of Paris, used the social network "to convey his passion for art," according to Me Cottineau.

"Facebook does not differentiate between what is pornography and a work of art (1886) undoubtedly shown to children every day at the Musée d'Orsay," laments the lawyer who hopes to recognize the jurisdiction of French courts to rule on the dispute, despite the Facebook terms of service giving exclusive jurisdiction to the court of Santa Clara, California for any lawsuit.

"It seems totally illegal and an unfair clause which in fact prevents Facebook to have any action for damages, for example in France," said to AFP Me Cottineau claiming 20,000 euros in damages. The procedure could go on for one year or longer.
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Google-translated from http://www.liberation.fr/medias/010...nde?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Link to said shocking picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Origine_du_monde
 
It's their site, they can say what goes and what doesn't. He has no right to freedom. Just like if someones posts something bad on here, they get banned.
 
Count Dookkake said:
More like cuntroversial.
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I remember seeing that piece at the Musée D'Orsay when I was like 12. Needless to say, it stuck with me. I couldn't tell you a thing about any other thing in there, but I knew every inch of that one.
 
When I was a kid, someone that lived across the street from a catholic elementary school put up a fully nude mini replica of the statue of David, right in their front yard. The city couldn't get it removed because it was art. It was up for years.
 
Hope facebook sues him back for every penny he has, AND I HATE FACEBOOK.

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Ericsc said:
When I was a kid, someone that lived across the street from a catholic elementary school put up a fully nude mini replica of the statue of David, right in their front yard. The city couldn't get it removed because it was art. It was up for years.
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Simpsons did it.
 
Ericsc said:
When I was a kid, someone that lived across the street from a catholic elementary school put up a fully nude mini replica of the statue of David, right in their front yard. The city couldn't get it removed because it was art. It was up for years.
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You mean the statue of Biblical figure David that was to be placed in a cathedral? The school should have loved having it around.
 
What a sad man. Seriously got nothing better to do than sue a website for not being allowed to have his avatar?
 
Moppet13 said:
Pretty sure Facebook is going to win this one.
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They might over the profile picture, but the clause about how all trials have to take place in California will quite possibly be beat down. It's an example of making a user sign a contract that isn't legally valid in user's country of residence.

Enco said:
What a sad man. Seriously got nothing better to do than sue a website for not being allowed to have his avatar?
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It's France, dude.

I don't mean that as an insult, either.
 
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