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As far as I know the copyright law in France is the same as the rest of Europe, and this has been broadly the case since the Berne Convention was signed in the 1880s (I think). An attempt was made to harmonise the rules a few years ago - as a result UK law changed in some details, such as it no longer being strictly necessary to use the copyright symbol, and it becoming very difficult for a publisher to claim copyright (though many will try) - that, as you rightly say, rests with the originator.
In a case like this it is of somewhat academic interest, because it is highly unlikely that any financial loss will have been suffered as a result of the copying. It is much more a lack of common courtesy and, apparently, ignorance of both correct practice and normal ettiquette among authors.
Happy birthday anyway, dragonrouge.
Many happy returns dragon rouge.
My experience is that they are very hot on copyright issues in France. The Quimper Club (see my sig) produces a Journal, if we want to reproduce pictures from the Encyclopedia for instance, we have to contact the author and hope that he owns the item, if not we have to contact the photographer and sometimes the owner of the item - then we publish a credit - picture by kind permission of xxxxxx xxxxx.
There was once a mention of contacting the descendants of the original artist of the piece, but I heard no more
In this instance had the person involved contacted the author he may have had not only got permission but also been able to arrange reciprocal links, exchange of information etc - instead all that has been created is ill will. IMHO It's a cheap shot....
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