You've just finished your manuscript
It is normal that you want to protect your books, including against plagiarism. This process baptized Cléo, enables us to date reliably the file of your manuscriptTwo options exist: Cleo and Cleo, and not to open the envelope upon receipt. It will open the case in front of a notary or a judge. Little tip: stick the label recommended on the flap of the envelope. Cost: the price of registered mail.
If you find a plagiarism of your work, you will have to prove that you had written your manuscript before the plagiarist.
We speak of 'proof of anteriority'. The mention of the copyright is not compulsory to protect your rights, in France the works are automatically protected. In practice, it is good to be part of your book, especially as it is very simple: Have a specific shape: we can't protect a mere idea, it is necessary that this idea must be formatted in a precise way. For example, we can't protect the idea of a book on the subject of"Fauna and Flora", because that would be tantamount to prohibiting any other publication on this subject.
In contrast to the complete text and detailed a book on the fauna and flora will be protected.
The digital signature is retained by the LDMS for one year
Be original: fortunately, the author is not forced to invent new topics or themes. This is how to treat the topic that counts. The courts speak of"the imprint of the personality of the author", a concept which remains subjective. In literature, it is the expression and composition that make the originality. Moral rights allow you to protect your work against amendments possible.
For example, a publisher may wish to rewrite parts of the text if the author believes that these changes distort the spirit of his manuscript, he can refuse.
Moral rights are non-transferable to the French law.
As a result, a publishing agreement, which provides for an assignment of moral rights is not valid.
If you have signed a publishing contract which provides for such a transfer in favour of your editor, you can still refuse it warps your writings without permission. The publisher may not make you waive your moral rights and deform your written according to its interests. In practice, some publishers do not hesitate to do any explaining to the author that it is for their own good how long can you collect the fruit of your works. Good news: your rights may last for your entire life and even after."The author enjoys, his life during, of the exclusive right to exploit his work in any form whatsoever and to derive a profit monetary. The death of the author, this right continues for the benefit of its assigns, heirs during the current calendar year and the seventy years that follow."Why such a long duration. It is a story of big bucks The publishing groups is to ensure a pension for several decades when an author meets a great success and became a classic. At the end of these seventy years, the work falls into the public domain. It is then freely useable by everyone and the heirs of the writer do not receive more copyright.
This eu law extending copyright to seventy years has been inspired by the Copyright Term Extension Act, a law passed in by the u.s. congress The american law had been received at the time a strong support on the part of the Walt Disney Company, which was in danger of losing her rights to the Mickey Mouse character.
This is the reason why some call ironically this act 'Mickey Mouse Act'. There are several ways to protect your rights. It is now possible to protect it through service providers online.
