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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-3

…rst and second paragraphs shall only apply to pseudonymous, anonymous or collective works published during the seventy years following the year of their creation. However, where a pseudonymous, anonym…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-37

The exploitation of the journalist's work on different media, within the framework of the press title defined in article L. 132-35 of this code, has as its sole counterpart salary, for a period set by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3

…xploitation of the assigned rights is delimited as to its extent and purpose, as to place and as to duration. Where special circumstances so require, the contract may be validly concluded by exchange…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-38

The use of the work in the press title, beyond the period provided for in Article L. 132-37, is remunerated, by way of additional remuneration in the form of royalties or salary, under conditions dete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-39

Where the publishing company or the company controlling it, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, publishes several press titles, a company agreement may provide for t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-35

For the purposes of this section, "press title" means the press organ to whose preparation the professional journalist has contributed, as well as all the variations of the title, regardless of the me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-3

…act. With this type of contract, the author or his successors in title commission a publisher to produce, at the publisher's expense and in number, copies of the work or to produce it or have it produ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-3

…n for the purpose of identifying the work concerned, the information concerning the opposition procedures as well as the information concerning the parties to the licensing contracts, the territories…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-3

The rights of press publishers and press agencies resulting from Article L. 218-2 may be assigned or licensed. These rightholders may entrust the management of their rights to one or more collective m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions and effects of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-3

Authorisation for rights management by the collective management organisation covers, at the rightholder's choice, all or some of the rights, categories of rights, types of works or other protected su…

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