(CNN) -- A Paris court has ordered eBay to pay $63 million damages to luxury goods company LVMH for allowing copies of its goods to be sold on the Web auction site. Louis Vuitton took eBay to court for selling a range of fake luxury goods online. The fashion company -- home to brands including Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Fendi, Emilio Pucci and Marc Jacobs -- complained it had been hurt by the sale of fake products on eBay. Pierre Godet, an adviser to LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, said the  court's decision was "an answer to a particularly serious question, on whether the Internet is a free-for-all for the most hateful, parasitic practices."
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Paris court orders eBay to pay $63 million in damages to luxury group LVMH
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The group sued eBay over sale of fake luxury goods online
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Brands affected include Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi and Givenchy
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eBay said LVMH was trying to protect uncompetitive commercial practices
The case pit two pillars of their industries -- one old, one new -- in a country whose courts often challenge @placeholder companies on matters protected elsewhere by freedom of speech.