Chapter I: General provisions

The provisions of articles L. 131-4 to L. 131-5-1 are of public order

A clause in an assignment that tends to confer the right to exploit the work in a form not foreseeable or not provided for at the date of the contract must be express and stipulate a correlative share in the profits of exploitation.

In the event of a partial assignment, the successor in title is substituted for the author in the exercise of the rights assigned, under the conditions, within the limits and for the duration stipulated in the contract, and with the obligation to render an account.

With a view to the payment of royalties and remuneration due to them for the last three years in connection with the transfer, exploitation or use of their works, as defined in article L. 112-2 of this code, authors, composers and artists benefit from the privilege provided for in 3° of Article 2331 and in Article 2377 of the Civil Code.

The contract mentions the producer’s option to use the technical measures provided for in Article L. 331-5 as well as the information in electronic form provided for in article L. 331-11, specifying the objectives pursued for each mode of exploitation, as well as the conditions under which the author may have access to the essential characteristics of the said technological measures or information in electronic form which the producer actually…