Société Plon et autres v. Pierre Hugo et autres
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Société Plon et autres v. Pierre Hugo et autres, 04–15.543 Arrêt n° 125 (Jan. 30, 2007) is a decision by the First Civil Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (the high court in France) which ruled that François Cérésa's adaptations/sequels of Les Misérables do not per se violate the droit moral of its author Victor Hugo and his estate.[1] Droit moral originated in France,[2] this case serves to limit the scope of that right and expand the public domain in French copyright law.
Société Plon et autres v. Pierre Hugo et autres | |
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Court | Court of Cassation |
Decided | January 30, 2007 (2007-01-30) |
Citation(s) | 04-15.543 |
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Intellectual Property, droit moral, copyright, French copyright, public domain, Victor Hugo
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This overruled and remanded to the lower appeals court, the Cour d'Appeal de Paris, which had declared a symbolic 1 Euro penalty, declaring that "no sequel can ever be added to so great a work as Les Misérables".[3][4]