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As things stand right now insofar as I can recollect, copyright is inalienable in the EU. That is, in contrast to the US, you can't give it away. But that's fin
by ddebernardy 8y ago
As things stand right now insofar as I can recollect, copyright is inalienable in the EU. That is, in contrast to the US, you can't give it away. But that's fine in practice, because you can still grant an exclusive royalty-free license. Is article 15 changing that?
- incompatible 8y agoI believe you can still transfer copyright to somebody else in the EU. Only certain "moral rights" are inalienable. I don't know of any copyright law in any country that provides a way to "destroy" copyright before its term has elapsed. In the US, it seems to be held to be possible by legal tradition.
- anticensor 8y agoYes but public domain release usually requires government initiative in EU.
- mattmanser 8y agoThat's a load of nonsense, no idea where you picked that up, but you can assign copyright in the EU and it is written into contracts with contractors.
- ddebernardy 8y agoMy bad; this might be specific to France (and some other countries) rather than the EU as a whole: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=52B3E53A7F8E9AA8B245E70C1F24DA93.tpdjo14v_3?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006161636&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006069414&dateTexte=20080129 https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=52B3... L121-1 > L'auteur jouit du droit au respect de son nom, de sa qualité et de son oeuvre. > Ce droit est attaché à sa personne. > Il est perpétuel, inaliénable et imprescriptible.