Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
Article L-131-5 even precises that if the author
released his rights
but that he got more than 7/12 less than what he should have been
normally awarded, he can sue to get it.
Does this mean that a French author can sue us for using work that he
voluntarily contributed to Wikipedia? Assuming the author's work has
monetary value more than zero, then the zero we are paying him is by
necessity more than 7/12 less than what it is really worth. Are we
legally different in this case than a commercial publisher who convinces
someone to sign away his rights for much less than they're worth?
Very odd...
-Mark