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| Sarkozy pair win Ryanair ad case | Sarkozy pair win Ryanair ad case |
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| French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his bride Carla Bruni have won a case against low-cost airline Ryanair for using their picture without consent. | French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his bride Carla Bruni have won a case against low-cost airline Ryanair for using their picture without consent. |
| But the court in Paris awarded Ms Bruni only 60,000 euros (US$89,000; £45,000) - a fraction of the 500,000 euros she had asked for. | But the court in Paris awarded Ms Bruni only 60,000 euros (US$89,000; £45,000) - a fraction of the 500,000 euros she had asked for. |
| Mr Sarkozy was given the symbolic single euro he had claimed for himself. | Mr Sarkozy was given the symbolic single euro he had claimed for himself. |
| The couple sued over an advert which showed Ms Bruni saying: "With Ryanair, all my family can attend my wedding." | The couple sued over an advert which showed Ms Bruni saying: "With Ryanair, all my family can attend my wedding." |
| The advert appeared in France before the couple's wedding on Saturday. | The advert appeared in France before the couple's wedding on Saturday. |
| 'No offence meant' | 'No offence meant' |
| Ms Bruni - a former model - said 500,000 euros would have been her normal professional fee for appearing in an advertisement. | Ms Bruni - a former model - said 500,000 euros would have been her normal professional fee for appearing in an advertisement. |
| But the court put her loss of earnings at only 60,000 euros. | But the court put her loss of earnings at only 60,000 euros. |
| Ryanair had apologised before the case came to court for using the couple's image without their consent, insisting it meant no offence. | Ryanair had apologised before the case came to court for using the couple's image without their consent, insisting it meant no offence. |
| Ryanair said: "In the light of the extraordinary worldwide publicity generated by this single advert, we have instructed our lawyers to write to President Sarkozy's office, offering to make a similar 60,000 euro payment to any French charity of President Sarkozy's choice." | |
| It also said it would not run the advertisement again. | |
| The couple's relationship has been front-page news worldwide since it began late last year, after the president's divorce. | The couple's relationship has been front-page news worldwide since it began late last year, after the president's divorce. |
| The court also ordered the airline to publish its verdict in the newspaper which had carried the original advertisement. | The court also ordered the airline to publish its verdict in the newspaper which had carried the original advertisement. |