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French radical-left party fined over use of street art

France's radical-left party LFI has been fined 40,000 euros in compensation and legal costs for using a work by street artist Combo's depiction of Marianne, the female symbol of the French republic, as a bare-breasted Asian woman, for its campaign videos without asking his permission.

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The radical anti-capitalist who leads France’s left-wing opposition alliance has been fined for the unauthorised use of a street artist’s depiction of Marianne, the national symbol, as a bare-breasted Asian woman, reports The Times.

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