Salut la liste ! I haven't seen this particular piece of news [1] mentioned on this list, so I decided to share. In 2016 France introduced a new image right that allows entities managing buildings to control the commercial use of their images. [2] Wikimédia France and La Quadrature du Net [3] believe that this law conflicts with the free use of public domain works and thus of images of castles, for instance. They have therefore filed a *Question prioritaire de constitutionnalité*. [4] This means that they are asking the highest constitutional authority in France about the constitutionality of these provisions. The goal is to get the law annulled. Exciting times! Cheers, Dimi [1]https://www.wikimedia.fr/2017/11/06/wikimedia-france- quadrature-net-defendent-domaine-public-devant-conseil-constitutionnel/ [2]https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_relative_%C3%A0_la_ libert%C3%A9_de_la_cr%C3%A9ation,_%C3%A0_l%27architecture_et_au_patrimoine [3]https://www.laquadrature.net/fr [4]http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/ actualites/2017/saisine-qpc-du-2-novembre-2017.149963. html?platform=hootsuite _______________________________________________ Publicpolicy mailing list Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy