The web version proposed here is a simplified version of the data sheet. You can find the complete version, with more details and legal references, on the pdf linked at the bottom of the page.
1 - Contracts and authors' economic rights
The transfer or authorization granted by the ab initio copyright owner (and only the latter) must respect a certain number of rules, the main ones being :
written contract ;
compulsory information concerning the rights transferred, the duration, the territory, etc. (article L 131-3 of the Intellectual Property Code);
financial compensation: proportional remuneration as a matter of principle, flat-rate remuneration in the case of limited exceptions (including the transfer of software rights);
prohibition of the global transfer of future works.
2 - Contracts and moral rights of authors
The author's moral rights are non-transferable and inalienable and therefore cannot be contractually transferred.
It remains possible in certain cases to contractually anticipate certain elements that may give rise to the author's moral rights, such as the manner of mentioning the author's name or modifying the work.
This fact sheet is a joint publication by Vercken & Gaullier and inno³ on behalf of the Digital Society Lab (labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr). Intended to promote the emergence of a common legal doctrine regarding commons produced or supported by the administration, it is aimed at both the actors who are carriers of commons as well as the people in charge of supporting these approaches. It is intended to be updated according to legislative and jurisprudential developments and to be completed according to contributions and remarks. It does not constitute legal advice and does not in any way replace the opinions that must be sought from the competent persons within each department. Finally, do not hesitate to consult the website http://labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr in order to read the latest versions of these documents, to consult any other resource for public actors wishing to mobilize the potential of the digital commons in their strategy or to contribute to this dynamic.
Legal doctrine applied to digital commons developed under the impetus or with the participation of a public entity
Fact Sheet 4.1: Contractual Management of Copyright
The web version proposed here is a simplified version of the data sheet. You can find the complete version, with more details and legal references, on the pdf linked at the bottom of the page.
1 - Contracts and authors' economic rights
The transfer or authorization granted by the ab initio copyright owner (and only the latter) must respect a certain number of rules, the main ones being :
written contract ;
compulsory information concerning the rights transferred, the duration, the territory, etc. (article L 131-3 of the Intellectual Property Code);
financial compensation: proportional remuneration as a matter of principle, flat-rate remuneration in the case of limited exceptions (including the transfer of software rights);
prohibition of the global transfer of future works.
2 - Contracts and moral rights of authors
The author's moral rights are non-transferable and inalienable and therefore cannot be contractually transferred.
It remains possible in certain cases to contractually anticipate certain elements that may give rise to the author's moral rights, such as the manner of mentioning the author's name or modifying the work.
This fact sheet is a joint publication by Vercken & Gaullier and inno³ on behalf of the Digital Society Lab (labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr). Intended to promote the emergence of a common legal doctrine regarding commons produced or supported by the administration, it is aimed at both the actors who are carriers of commons as well as the people in charge of supporting these approaches. It is intended to be updated according to legislative and jurisprudential developments and to be completed according to contributions and remarks. It does not constitute legal advice and does not in any way replace the opinions that must be sought from the competent persons within each department. Finally, do not hesitate to consult the website http://labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr in order to read the latest versions of these documents, to consult any other resource for public actors wishing to mobilize the potential of the digital commons in their strategy or to contribute to this dynamic.