Picasso

The prior written permission of the Succession Picasso is mandatory. The rights are cleared only through the contract of authorization delivered by PICASSO ADMINISTRATION.

All unauthorized use constitutes a civil tort and a criminal offence.

The term of protection is author’s life plus seventy years.

b. moral right
This is the right linking the authors to their work.
“This is the legally-protected link, connecting the creator to his/her work, and granting the creator supreme prerogatives over users, even if the work has entered the economic circuit”. (Pierre-Yves Gautier- Propriété Littéraire et Artistique – Editions Puf)

Moral right comprises four elements:

RIGHT OF DISCLOSURE:
the author alone shall decide how his work shall be disclosed to the public, thus keeping a better control over his work.

RIGHT OF AUTHORSHIP:
whatever the circumstances, the author has the right to claim the paternity of the work, and to be acknowledged as the “father” of the work, as the author.

 - RIGHT OF INTEGRITY OF THE WORK :
the author enjoys the right to demand that both the physical integrity and the destination of the work be respected.
Practically, in the case of the Succession Picasso, all authorizations are granted under the condition that the work be reproduced without alteration and with absolute fidelity. The reproduced work shall not be cropped, mutilated, altered, and colours shall be faithful to the original work . . .Besides, the use of the work shall not be detrimental to the work and reputation of Pablo Picasso.

All licensees are consequently under the obligation to provide PICASSO ADMINISTRATION with prototypes for the exercise of moral right. This also applies for all promotional material.

RIGHT TO REDEEM :
the author has the right to withdraw the work form the economic circuit, provided he indemnifies its owner or seller.

It is important to underline that moral right is perpetual (it survives after the author’s death and the work’s entry into the public domain), inalienable (it cannot be transferred) and imprescriptible (it is not lost for lack of use).

Users are under the obligation to obtain a printer’s proof or “bon-à-tirer” prior to any manufacturing and distribution of the products.

Failure to respect moral right constitutes a counterfeiting offence.

The Succession stipulates in its contracts that only photographic sources of good quality shall be used for reproduction (1st generation ektachromes from museums or specialised photographic agencies). It is specifically prohibited to scan works reproduced in books. Users must consequently clear photographic rights with the said organisms, independently from the Succession’s authors’ rights.