French Cinema and Moving Image Code
In forceThe contract concluded by a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services for the acquisition of rights relating to the making available to the public of a cinematographic work shall specify the period after which such making available may take place.
Where there is a professional agreement relating to the period applicable to the mode of exploitation of cinematographic works by on-demand audiovisual media services, the period provided for by this agreement is binding on the service publishers and the members of the signatory professional organisations. This agreement may cover one or more categories of services. It may be made binding on all interested parties in the sectors of activity and service publishers concerned under the conditions laid down in article L. 234-1.
In the absence of a professional agreement made compulsory within one month of the publication of law no. 2009-669 of 12 June 2009 promoting the dissemination and protection of creativity on the internet, the cinematographic work may be made available to the public by a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services under the conditions provided for in article L. 231-1 for pay-per-view services and under the conditions laid down by decree for other services.
