FranceCPI Article L122-5 3°, Quotation and Press-Review Exception
Code de la propriete intellectuelle, art. L122-5 3°
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In force.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Once a work has been disclosed, its author cannot prohibit, provided the author's name and source are clearly indicated, analyses and short quotations justified by the critical, polemical, pedagogical, scientific, or informational character of the work into which they are incorporated, or press reviews, per Article L122-5 3°(a) and (b).
This general exception is not scoped to news aggregation specifically and is not conditioned on the 2019 neighbouring right created at Articles L218-1 to L218-5; it predates that right and continues to apply alongside it. No amendment date specific to paragraph 3° itself was confirmed this session; the article as a whole carries a 2021 modification note not attributed here to this paragraph without confirmation.
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Categories
Snippet reproduction
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