Cases

Balan v Moldova

Facts

The complainant photographer (B) retained the intellectual property rights in a photograph of a castle that he had taken. He complained that the photograph’s use by the respondent state as a background for national identity cards without his permission constituted an unjustified control of use of property within the meaning of Protocol 1 Article 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights. The respondent state refused B's request for compensation for use of the photograph and that decision was upheld by the domestic courts.

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