Copyright and reproduction of on-line contents

1 - The various contents present in the site

Written and/or put on-line by the paris.fr site editorial staff, these contents cannot be reproduced freely without indicating their source. Likewise, deep linking is prohibited, which means that the pages of the paris.fr site must not be included in the pages of another site.

A content may therefore be reproduced only when accompanied with:

The insertion of an icon representing the paris.fr Internet site: to display and download an icon, click here.

The addition of the mention "This article is extracted from the www.paris.fr site". This mention must have a hypertext link, linking it directly to the content.

The addition, at the bottom of each content, of the mention "Rights reserved".

Moreover, the information can be used for personal, associative or professional reasons only, as any distribution or use for commercial or advertising reasons is prohibited.

Article L.122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code lays down the principle according to which, "once the work has been divulged, the author cannot forbid the distribution, even in full, by means of the press or television broadcasting, for news purposes, of speeches addressed to the public made in political assemblies, (...), as well as in public meetings of a political nature and official ceremonies ".

Speeches made by elected representatives constitute an exception to copyright.

Partial or complete reproduction of these speeches is therefore allowed, subject of course to the mention of the author's name and the source.

" Paris Town Council Internet site" must therefore be mentioned.