The researcher and copyright: author and user in the age of open science in France

28 Gennaio 2026
Centre National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), 2 Rue Conté, 75003, Paris

The participants will explore the dual role of researchers, both as authors under French "droit d'auteur" (with its strong moral rights) and as users of third-party materials for research purposes.

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Participants will also learn about the principles of open access policies and publications and the secondary publication right (SPR) existing under French copyright law.

Key objectives

Learn about the French droit d'auteur and its alignment with the EU copyright framework, with a focus on understanding the researcher's dual role as both an author and a user, the copyright regime for civil servants, and key frameworks like the Secondary Publication Right (SPR).
Discover best practices on implementing copyright in research activities, navigating the text and data mining (TDM) exception, and balancing Open Science principles with author’s rights.
Acquire practical skills by applying legal knowledge to real-world case studies, particularly concerning TDM, research exceptions, and the use of Creative Commons licenses within the French moral rights context.

Target audience: French researchers

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Agenda

08:45 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 09:45	Welcome address
09:45 - 10:00	Icebreaker
10:00 - 10:45	Presentation 1 Fundamental principles of copyright law for research purposes - researchers as authors and as users
10:45 - 11:15	Presentation 2 The legal relationship between copyright law and open science
11:15 - 11:30	Presentation 3 The researcher as civil servants
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee break
12:00 - 13:15	Panel Discussion Researchers as civil servants and authors: Exchange of best practices, including navigating the TDM exception, ISTEX, applying open access while preserving authorial rights, the implications of Creative Commons licenses for a country like France with strong moral rights and a specific copyright regime for civil servants (60’)
13:15 - 14:30	Lunch break
14:30 - 14:45	Introduction to the hands-on workshop
14:45 - 15:45	Hands-on workshop
15:45 - 16:15	Wrap-up

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The researcher and copyright: author and user in the age of open science in France

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