The 1709 Blog

In 1709 (or was it 1710?) the Statute of Anne created the first purpose-built copyright law. This blog, founded just 300 short and unextended years later, is dedicated to all things copyright, warts and all.

Showing posts with label Cour de Cassation. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Cour de Cassation. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 June 2017

France’s Highest Court Rules in Favor of Freedom of Expression of Director over Heirs’ Droit Moral

Readers of this blog may remember that the Paris Court of Appeals found in October 2015 that the staging of the opera Le Dialogue des ...

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

France: Any Alteration/Modification of a Work in Public Domain is Infringement of Moral Rights

Auguste’s Rodin’s works are now in the public domain. This does not mean that you can do just about anything with them. I wrote a short ...

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Corporations Have No Moral Rights over Works in France, Even if They Commissioned It

The French Cour de cassation , France’s highest judiciary court , held on November 16 that a corporation cannot have moral rights over a w...

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