Word: droits
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...properties do not cease with the first sale. In the U. S. they and their heirs may collect royalties for 28 years with the option of renewing the copyright for an additional 28 years. On July 20, 1920 the French Chamber of Deputies passed a law known as the droit de suite (literally, "right of following") which attempts to do for the original works of a painter or sculptor what copyright laws do for the other arts.* By it at every public sale of a work of art. a French artist or his heirs collect royalties of 1% for sales...
...order to protect an artist's heirs the droit de suite is obligatory, though it does not apply to private sales between artist and client. The law is effective for 50 years after the death of the artist. Both artists and collectors applaud...
...where living is high, artists' materials expensive, even an unknown artist must charge a very high price for every original work of art if he is to live. In France under the droit de suite, an artist can afford to sell a painting for $10, or even give it away...
...streaked with grey, read the Legion roll of honor. The band blared "La Marseillaise," then rollicking war songs, the slightly sinister airs of the only military force in the civilized world today which, when it captures a town, has officially the right to loot, the Legion's cherished Droit de Pillage...
Born at LeHavre in 1875, his education was completed at the Lycee Condorcet, the Faculte des lettres, Faculte de droit, and School of political science, after which he became a member of the French bar. He was also a member of the "Society of the French Renaissance," professor of the School of political science, and chevalier of the Legion of Honor, besides having a British Military Medal...