On Apr 4, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Paddyjack wrote: > Hi Ray, I just became aware of this: > > > Since March 1st, 2012, a new law has been passed in France which takes > away an author's intellectual rights regarding some of his literary > works. > > Indeed, if you have at some point sold foreign rights of your novels > to a French publisher prior to January 1st, 2001, and if some of those > books are out of print and have not been reprinted since, it turns out > that such works are now fair game to anyone who wishes to create > digital editions of those novels. > > The way the new law is conceived, this means that the author will not > receive any advance or royalties from the sales of such ebooks... > > The article is here > (http://www.agoravox.fr/actualites/societe/article/suppression-des-droits-d-auteur-113680) > but it is in French only unfortunately. Still I thought you would like > to know about this. > > PJ >
Thanks. I don't know how this will play out. France is a signatory to all the international copyright conventions as well as a member of the EU so I suspect this one will get challenged real fast soon. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
