Artist’s measures against ReLIRE – Tools and tricks

2013 :: Agency’s Action for the defense of the Author’s Rights ::

Mission : To provide assistance to the Foreign Artists lost into the French-only ReLIRE platform + to provide information to the Artists about the French “ReLIRE Project”

 

The ReLIRE WAY

 

Launched : 23 march 2013

Status : current, alive & kicking

The Nitchevo Agency’s “hotline for foreign artists” is here : Nitchevo website / current Actions

 

HOME TOOLS :

– A step by step guide to the ReLiRE system opt-out :

• “PARDON MY FRENCH” –  A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO « MADAME GUILLOTINE » FOR NON-FRENCH-FLUENT FOREIGN ARTISTS DUELING THE ReLIRE SYSTEM – (English edit) v. 0.2 – Apr. 15 2013 – by writer and former senior editor Lea Silhol
•  The FAQ – Some questions & answers about the ReLIRE register, for advanced users.

– Some sound places to go for info (in English) – a collection:

• @ the Nitchevo’s Scoop.it platform

Some good places to go for info (both English and French)

• Recommended Twitter stream : ReCALE‏@Recaler_ReLIRE (all languages)
•  The hashtag we created on Twitter and where we post the related information (in English) day by day: #therelireproject

Recommended Protest Actions

• The Reader’s Petition – (translated in English Version – below the French text) already signed by many Americans and English authors and Author’s Rights’ specialists, as well as officers from Author’s Societies in America.
• The Writers’ and DdS Author’s Society Petition (untranslated yet, unfortunately)

Online Tools (elsewhere) :

• The translation of the “French only” key pages of the ReLIRE Website, by Gillian Spraggs:
  • Translation of ReLIRE home page (pdf)
  • Translation of Your Rights page (pdf)
  • Translation of Search page (pdf)
  • Translation of extracts from FAQ page (pdf)

•  The ReLIRE Bay – to download the full ripped off «List» of the books requiring an opt out – courtesy of Team AlexandriZ

AUTHORS’ SOCIETIES aware of the ReLIRE problem and currently reacting to it:

• SOA – The Society of Authors (UK) cf: – The ReLire Project – a note to members
• NWU – National Writers Union (USA) cf: Alert to NWU members and other writers: Is your work about to be given away by France? 
• SFWA – Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (USA – Canada) cf: Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live

We work on this case in coordination / contact with:

 International

• Gillian Spraggs & Action on Authors’ Rights – UK
• Edward Hasbrouck for NWU – USA
• Victoria Strauss of Writers Beware &  SFWA – USA

France

• Yal Ayerdhal and/for Le Droit du Serf  syndicate
• Helène Pedot, curator of The Reader’s Petition 
• Lucie Chenu, front-fighter of the opposition to ReLIRE
• The ReCALE ‏@Recaler_ReLIRE Twitter

Many thanks to them all

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DISCLAIMER

This project was conceived out of solidarity. Our support is provided, needless to say, free of charges, and doesn’t require to be affiliated or associated in any way with Nitchevo Agency

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