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Article L214-6 of the French Intellectual Property Code

I.-Without prejudice to the right of the parties to refer the matter to the court, the mediator for music is entrusted with a conciliation mission for any dispute relating to the performance: 1° Of any agreement between performers whose performance is fixed in a phonogram, phonogram producers and publishers of online public communication services making musical works available; 2° Of a contractual undertaking between a performer and a phonogram producer;…

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Article L215-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The producer of videograms is the person, natural or legal, who has the initiative and responsibility for the first fixation of a sequence of images with or without sound. The authorisation of the producer of videograms is required before any reproduction, making available to the public by sale, exchange or hire, or communication to the public of his videogram. The rights granted to the producer of a videogram by virtue…

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Article L216-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The reproduction of its programmes, as well as their making available to the public by sale, hire or exchange, their radio or television broadcasting, their making available to the public online and their communication to the public in a place accessible to the public on payment of an admission fee, are subject to authorisation by the audiovisual communication undertaking. Authorities operating an audiovisual communication service within the meaning of loi…

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Article L216-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Authorisation to broadcast over the air a performer’s performance, a phonogram, a videogram or the programmes of an audiovisual communication company includes the distribution for non-commercial purposes of this broadcast over the internal networks of apartment blocks or blocks of flats installed by their owners or co-owners, or by the agents of the latter, for the sole purpose of enabling the connection of each dwelling in these same apartment blocks…

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Article L217-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Rights related to copyright corresponding to satellite broadcasting of a performer’s performance, a phonogram, a videogram or the programmes of a broadcasting organisation are governed by the provisions of this code provided that such broadcasting is carried out under the conditions defined in articles L. 122-2-1 and L. 122-2-2. In the cases provided for in article L. 122-2-2, these rights may be exercised in respect of the persons referred to…

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Article L217-1-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The rights related to copyright corresponding to the communication to the public and reproduction of a phonogram or videogram incorporated into a television or radio programme on an ancillary online service broadcast cross-border by a broadcasting organisation are governed by the provisions of this code provided that this communication and reproduction are carried out under the conditions defined in article L. 122-2-3.

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Article L217-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

I.-Where provided for by this code, the right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission on national territory of a performer’s performance, a phonogram or a videogram televised from a European Union Member State other than France may only be exercised by a collective management organisation. If this organisation is governed by Title II of Book III, it must be approved for this purpose by the minister responsible…

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Article L217-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Mediators shall be established in order to promote, without prejudice to the right of the parties to refer the matter to the court, the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation, where required, for the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission of an item protected by one of the rights defined in this Title. Failing an amicable agreement, the Mediator may propose to the parties the solution he considers…

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Article L217-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II of article L. 132-20-3, on national territory, of a performer’s performance, a phonogram or a videogram broadcast by any process, other than online transmission, from a Member State of the European Union may only be exercised by a collective management organisation….

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