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 GIANNOPOULOUalex.giannopoulou@gmail.com

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