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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

…elating to the conditions for the transfer of exploitation rights for the digital edition of a book;2° Of the second paragraph of Article L. 132-11 when they apply to the publication of a book in digi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20

…ing from that authorisation and without extending the geographical area contractually provided for ;2° Authorisation to broadcast the work does not constitute authorisation to communicate the broadcas…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6-1

I. The acts provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 122-6 are not subject to authorisation by the author where they are necessary to enable the software to be used, in accordance with its intended pur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-4

…ith the exception of sales resulting from distribution systems reserved for subscribers or members; 2° Single sale or paid access to the book in its entirety in digital form; 3° Paid digital consultat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6

…software requires reproduction, these acts are only possible with the authorisation of the author; 2° The translation, adaptation, arrangement or any other modification of software and the reproducti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

…he collection of the rights defined in the first paragraph and the exploitation of their repertoire;2° The size of their repertoire;3° Their compliance with the obligations imposed on them by the prov…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-17

…articles of sub-section 2, when: 1° The publisher proceeds to the total destruction of the copies; 2° The publisher, after formal notice from the author setting a suitable time limit, has not proceed…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3

…ision for returns of unsold copies, the amount of the provision made and the method of calculation ;2° Where the book is published in digital form, revenue from unit sales and from each of the other m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-4

…cases: 1° The basis for calculating the proportional shareholding cannot be practically determined; 2° The means of controlling the application of the shareholding are lacking; 3° The costs of the cal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-6

…he author's formally expressed agreement, in the following cases: 1° Scientific or technical works; 2° Anthologies and encyclopaedias; 3° Prefaces, annotations, introductions, presentations; 4° Illust…

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