Lebed V.V. Copyright law of modern France

Abstract: The subject of this research is the legal regime of the objects of copyright law in France, and the legal regulation of relations that form in a process of their creation and implementation. The object of this research is the French legislation and the legal doctrine on the copyright law of the modern France. The article examines the legal position of the objects of copyright law in France, describes the rights of authors and other right holders, reveals the types of copyright agreements, and indicates the methods of protection of copyrights in case of infringement upon them. The work outlines the presence of multiple problems within the practice of realization of copyrights and their protection within the Internet environment. The author notes that the French copyright law progresses more dynamically with regards to regulating the relations that form within the conditions of emergence of new forms and technical ways of expressing creative though of an author. This includes both, the synthetic form of art, and the “technological” form of art. Among the main conclusions of the conducted research is the following: by the general rule in the French copyright law a work would be considered original and thus fall under the legal protection only if it “carries the imprint of author’s personality”.

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