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Article L113-10 of the French Intellectual Property Code

An orphan work is a protected and disclosed work whose rights holder cannot be identified or found, despite diligent, proven and serious research.

When a work has more than one rights holder and one of these holders has been identified and found, it is not considered orphan.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L113-10
L’œuvre orpheline est une œuvre protégée et divulguée, dont le titulaire des droits ne peut pas être identifié ou retrouvé, malgré des recherches diligentes, avérées et sérieuses.


Lorsqu’une œuvre a plus d’un titulaire de droits et que l’un de ces titulaires a été identifié et retrouvé, elle n’est pas considérée comme orpheline.

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