Book II: Rights related to copyright

Neighbouring rights do not affect the rights of authors. Accordingly, nothing in this Title shall be construed to limit the exercise of copyright by its owners.

In addition to any person demonstrating an interest in taking action, the minister responsible for culture may refer the matter to the judicial authorities, particularly if there is no known successor, or in the event of vacancy or escheat.

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by this title may not prohibit: 1° Private and free representations made exclusively within a family circle; 2° Reproductions made from a lawful source, strictly reserved for the private use of the person making them and not intended for collective use; 3° Subject to sufficient elements identifying the source: a) Analyses and short quotations justified by the critical, polemical, educational, scientific or informational…

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by Article L. 218-2 may not prohibit: 1° Acts of hyperlinking; 2° The use of isolated words or very short extracts from a press publication. This exception may not affect the effectiveness of the rights granted under the same Article L. 218-2. This effectiveness ́ is affected in particular when the use of very short extracts replaces ̀ the press publication itself or…

I.-The term of performers’ economic rights is fifty years from 1 January of the calendar year following that of the performance. However, if, during this period, a fixation of the performance in a videogram or phonogram is made available to the public, by means of material copies, or is communicated to the public, the performer’s economic rights expire: 1° For a performance fixed in a videogram, fifty years after 1…

Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, holders of related rights who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Community benefit from the term of protection provided for in the country of which they are nationals without this term exceeding that provided for in Article L. 211-4.

Once the first sale of one or more physical copies of a fixation protected by a neighbouring right has been authorised by the rightholder or his successors in title on the territory of a Member State of the European Community or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the sale of these copies of this fixation may no longer be prohibited in the Member States of…

Chapter V of Title III of Book I is applicable to related rights.

Chapter VIII of Title III of Book I shall apply to related rights.