https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Parisian designer Zoé de Las Cases wants to take legal action against online accommodation service Airbnb claiming the company copied the design of her apartment for their own company headquarters without giving her the credit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151112/airbnb-plagiarizes-paris-artists-apartment Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:35:02 +0100 airbnb-plagiarizes-paris-artists-apartment French film-maker Luc Besson was found guilty earlier this year of plagiarising cult classic "Escape From New York" with his sci-fi thriller "Lockout", according to documents seen by AFP on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151017/french-director-ripped-off Sat, 17 Oct 2015 13:59:28 +0200 french-director-ripped-off A high-profile journalism school in Paris has been left red-faced after its executive dean was accused of plagiarising material from other media and using it in her other job as a columnist – despite the strict anti-plagiarism guidelines the school vigorously enforces on its students. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141117/paris-journalism-school-official-accused-of-plagiarism Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:27:00 +0100 paris-journalism-school-official-accused-of-plagiarism The body governing France's Jewish congregations will meet on Thursday for an emergency session over a plagiarism scandal involving the country's Grand Rabbi that has made waves at home and abroad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130411/jewish-body-holds-crisis-talks-over-grand-rabbi Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:24:16 +0200 jewish-body-holds-crisis-talks-over-grand-rabbi France's highest Jewish religious authority, Grand Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, was hunkering down away from the media on the weekend after admitting to plagiarism in a book he authored. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130407/grand-rabbi-of-france-in-plagiarism-scandal Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:39:12 +0200 grand-rabbi-of-france-in-plagiarism-scandal