Section 1: Conditions and effects of the rights management authorisation

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 subject matter and territories defined by the organisation’s articles of association or general regulations. The scope of this authorisation is specified in a document to which the rightholder has given his consent, including by electronic means. The freedom to define the…

Collective management organisations are obliged to accept the management of rights under the conditions provided for in Article L. 322-3 whenever such management falls within their field of activity. The conditions they set are based on public, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. An organisation’s refusal to grant a request to manage economic rights must be in writing and state the legal and factual reasons for the decision.