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The Sixth Civil Court obligated a famous director to compensate a dramatic business product of 8 thousand dinars, after the director violated the contract between them by displaying the film without the approval of the producer, and selling it to one of the airlines, and the court obliged the exit and for the fees of law.
According to the lawyer, Ibtisam Al -Sabbagh, the prosecutor, the prosecutor, her client was concluded with the second defendant, a film production agreement, and that agreement included the prosecutor delivered an amount of 32 thousand dinars, distributed over three checks, and the first defendant, the director, acknowledged the receipt of those sums in The same date, and this agreement was subsequently documented.
Ibtisam Al -Sabbagh explained that the first defendant acknowledged his agreement with the plaintiff through his agent, the second defendant, that he pledges to produce, direct and sell a movie within three months of receiving the amount, and sold it during the filming period with a profit rate of 120%, at least from the amount received from the investor, as He pledged that if he was unable to sell the film, he will return the fully financial amount paid by the plaintiff, in addition to compensating him by 120% of The amount of investment, equivalent to 38,400 dinars, and pledged to deliver the entire film’s rights without any conditions.
The prosecutor said: However, after completing the film, the first and second defendants began to delay the sale of the film or implement their contractual commitment for a period of more than a year and a half, then the first defendant, the “director”, used the film as an artistic workbook of its preparation, and participated in one of the technical forums in A Gulf country, and contracted with a company as a film producer in a later date of his contract with the plaintiff, which prompted the latter to submit a report at the police station to give up the rights to sell the film in favor The prosecutor, then the prosecutor demanded the first defendant to pay the value of what he pledged in accordance with the agreement between the two parties, but the latter remained delaying the pretext of the high price of the film and did not respond, which led him to apply on a claim before the court, demanding the following:
First: obligating the defendant to solidarity and solidarity to pay the plaintiff with an amount of 32,000 dinars.
Second: Obliging them with solidarity and solidarity to pay the plaintiff with an amount of 8,000 dinars, a temporary compensation, while the plaintiff retains the return of the defendant in the full amount in a separate case.
Third: Obliging the defendants with fees and expenses and for the fees of law.
The court indicated in the reasons for the ruling, that the papers were empty, which indicates that the first defendant obtained permission from the plaintiff to publish the work, and it was proven from the statements that he published the work, which caused it too late the opportunity to exploit it, as the publication of the film empties it from its content that was done Contracting for it, and leads to a reduction in its value among the masses, they have previously been acquainted with it.
The court emphasized the fulfillment of the responsibility of the first defendant for disturbing his commitment to non -publication, but at the same time it does not see a necessity to accept the first prosecutor’s request to cancel the contract, as the parties to the association are not disputed by the extent of the production of the film and its presence in reality, which means that the first defendant was implemented Most of his commitment, and the intellectual production of the film in the tangible reality, and does not change from that what the first defendant reported that the plaintiff was the one who sold the film to one of the companies Flying.
The court ruled that the first defendant, without others, would compensate the plaintiff with a temporary compensation of 8,000 dinars for the spread of the film and the missed right to exploit it as contracted for him.
