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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-41

…onal journalist who derives most of his or her income from the exploitation of such works and who occasionally contributes to the preparation of a press title, the transfer of exploitation rights as p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-4

…registered in the database mentioned in 2° of Article L. 135-3, the organisation is not required to carry out the searches mentioned in the same Article. It must indicate, in accordance with the condi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-4

I.-The term of performers' economic rights is fifty years from 1 January of the calendar year following that of the performance.However, if, during this period, a fixation of the performance in a vide…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-4

…ore 30 June 1986, or if no agreement has been reached on the expiry of the previous agreement, the scale of remuneration and the terms of payment of the remuneration are decided by a commission chaire…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

…the exercise of the right of authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of I of article L. 134-3 by an approved collective management organisation. This opposition is notified in writing to the…

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section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-4

…er for the production of an audiovisual work constitutes authorisation to fix, reproduce and communicate the performer's performance to the public. This contract sets separate remuneration for each me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-4

…anisation will terminate it as soon as possible and at the latest within three months of such notification.

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Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-4

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

…gust 1981, determined on the basis of the information that these persons and their suppliers communicate to the body or bodies mentioned in article L. 133-2 ; 2° A second portion, which may not exceed…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article L325-4

…gement organisation to grant multi-territorial exploitation authorisations for online rights in musical works may terminate that authorisation in the event that the organisation does not grant or offe…

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