moral rights and the creative commons licenses
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The Creative Commons licenses through moral rights provisions in french lawTRANSCRIPT
The Creative Commons licenses through moral
rights provisions in French law
Alexandra Giannopoulou
BILETA 28th annual conference 2013
The Creative Commons licenses through moral rights provisions in French law
BILETA 28th annual conference 2013Alexandra Giannopoulou
SHARING
REMIX
“to build a layer of reasonable, flexible copyright in the face of increasingly
restrictive default rules”
License chooser interface
Version 4.0 ?
70 jurisdictions
“ Droit moral ” or Moral right(s)
• Perpetual
• Imprescriptible
• Inalienable
Moral rights are acquired with the creation of the work by the author and refer only to the specific work.
• Use of Berne Convention terminology
• Acknowledgement of the right of integrity
Berne Convention
• Attribution right
• Integrity right
Attribution right
L. 121-1 Code of Intellectual PropertyThe right to be attributed
L. 113-6 Code of Intellectual PropertyThe right to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym
Version 2.5Option to attribute third
parties (institutions, journals etc.)
Version 2.0Attribution becomes
standard
Version 1.0Attribution is an optional
element
Version 3.0 Attribution clause
Version 4.0 Attribution clause
Integrity right• Actions harmful to the author’s
honor or reputation• Actions harmful to the integrity of
the protected work
“must not distort, mutilate, modify or take other derogatory action in relation to the Work which would be prejudicial to the Original Author’s honor or reputation”
Authorization to make
modifications
Renunciation of the integrity
right ?
French Code of Intellectual Property
• Publication right
• Withdrawal right
Publication rightL. 121-2 Code of Intellectual Property
• Licenses that do not impose restrictions on the publication right of subsequent authors
1. CC BY 2. CC BY-ND3. CC BY-NC-ND
• Licenses that impose restrictions on the publication right of subsequent authors
1. CC BY-NC2. CC BY-NC--SA3. CC BY-SA
The author of the original work has the right to pose contractual restrictions to the exercise of moral rights of the author of a subsequent work
Renowned clause for its purpose to preserve the freedom of licensed works
Non- Commercial
The right of the author to pose contractual restrictions to the exercise of the publication right of subsequent authors
Withdrawal right
• Right of revocation or withdrawal
• Right of “repentance” or alteration
Compensation required
Perpetual licenses
Termination in the licenses Breach of contract
The licensor decides “to release the work under different license terms or to stop distributing the work”.
Right of repentance : the author is entitled to make changes to their own creations
Right of revocation : Impossibility to trace and retract all copies
Compensation for all users and subsequent authors ?
Abusive use of the right of revocation
Mutual respect
Flexible interpretation of moral rights
Effort to be respective of moral rights
Thank you
Questions?
ALEXANDRA [email protected]
INFORMATION
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• Presentation under license Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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