Being a Brit I am somewhat biased but this is typical french twaddle. They come up with things like this all the time and while some of their concepts are good some are not. On Apr 5, 2012 5:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey > > That's a ridiculous law!!!! > > James > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:17:10 > To: feistfans-l<[email protected]> > Reply-To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Ray, a new copyright law in France may make you angry > > > 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. > > > > > > > >
