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Overview

‘Other photographs’ related rights

No

Overview

Article 14 has not been transposed, since unoriginal reproductions were not protected under the existing French copyright law.

Scope

Retroactivity

Statutory Law

Source language

English

Provision on copyright 

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/texte_lc/LEGITEXT000006069414/2023-06-20  

Revised provision on copyright 

Comments / analysis

France did not make any changes to the law, given its stance that only original reproductions would be protected. This has the drawback of leaving a lot of uncertainty as to whether institutions can claim copyright over reproductions of public domain work, since the law does not explicitly forbids that.

Provision on related rights for “other photographs”

Revised provision on related rights for “other photographs” 

Comments / analysis

Case Law

Source language

English

Originality in photography

Takeaways

Limitations for CHIs

Article L 621-42 of Code du Patrimoine

Reflections

Sources

• https://eurovision.communia-association.org/detail/france/  

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