French Intellectual Property Code

I.-After the death of the author, the resale right referred to in article L. 122-8 subsists in favour of his heirs and, for the usufruct provided for in Article L. 123-6, his spouse, during the current calendar year and the following seventy years. Subject to the rights of descendants and the surviving undivorced spouse, the author may pass on the droit de suite by bequest. If there is no heir…

The rights granted by the loi du 14 juillet 1866 sur les droits des héritiers et des ayants cause des auteurs aux héritiers et autres ayants cause des auteurs, compositeurs ou artistes sont prorogues d’un temps égal à celui qui s’est écoulé entre le 2 août 1914 et la fin de l’année suivant le jour de la signature du traité de paix pour toutes les oeuvres publiés avant cette dernière…

The rights granted by the law of 14 July 1866 and the article L. 123-8 to the heirs and successors in title of authors, composers or artists are extended by a period equal to that which elapsed between 3 September 1939 and 1 January 1948, for all works published before that date and not in the public domain by 13 August 1941.

The rights mentioned in the previous article are extended, in addition, for a period of thirty years when the author, composer or artist has died for France, as shown by the death certificate. In the event that the death certificate must neither be drawn up nor transcribed in France, an order of the minister responsible for culture may extend the benefit of the additional thirty-year extension to the heirs or…

When the rights extended by the effect of article L. 123-10 have been assigned for valuable consideration, the assignors or their successors in title may, within a period of three years from 25 September 1951, ask the assignee or its successors in title to revise the terms of the assignment as compensation for the advantages resulting from the extension.

Where the country of origin of the work, within the meaning of the Paris Act of the Berne Convention, is a country outside the European Community and the author is not a national of a Member State of the Community, the term of protection shall be that granted in the country of origin of the work without that term exceeding that provided for in Article L. 123-1.