[Foundation-l] Does "free content" exist in France?

[Ray Saintonge]

Birgitte SB wrote:

>--- Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>>On 4/20/07, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com>
>>wrote:
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>>>In that case we still have a problem.  The perpetual
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>>>moral rights issue particularly comes into play with
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>>>public domain works.  Which, obviously, are cases
>>>where there is no license attached to the work.
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>>Is that so? Do moral rights not expire together with
>>the copyright to the work?
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>Depends on the juristiction.  For example in France
>they are inalienable, perpetual and inviolable.
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In Australia the right of integrity ceases with the author's death, and 
does not continue along with copyrights.

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