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

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>On 20/04/07, 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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>>>>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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>>Can you cite the relevant legal code that states they are perpetual?
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>I understand there was a recent case that went the other way - that
>Victor Hugo's descendants could not stop an adaptation of Les
>Miserables on moral grounds.
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The French case I was reading about may be the same one.  It resulted in 
a nominal 1 euro fine for writing a sequel to his novel.  It does appear 
to be the oldest original work to have spawned a moral rights case.

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