L.O. | rock / folk / blues / jazz / … | authorisation for the use, interpretation, performance, distribution, and radio, television or cinematographic broadcasting, free or paid, to a public or in a private circle with the exception of the strict family setting, of L.O.'s works

French Intellectual Property Code
Article L111-1 - paragraph 1

The author of a work of the mind enjoys, by the sole fact of its creation, an exclusive intangible property right which is enforceable against all.

Article L122-4

Any representation or reproduction in whole or in part* without the consent of the author or his successors in title or assigns shall be unlawful. The same applies to translation, adaptation or transformation, arrangement or reproduction by any art or process whatsoever.

Article L123-1 - paragraph 1

The author enjoys, during his lifetime, the exclusive right to exploit his work in any form whatsoever and to make a pecuniary profit from it.

* With the exceptions provided for in article L122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 27*

1 - Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

2 - Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

* This article is reinforced by articles 3 and 17.

Rights of use - Request for authorization - Declaration of use and broadcasting

• Bruno Arts, Margot Couttet and their assigns are the sole owners of the plastic, literary and musical works and of all the rights attached to them.

• Only Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet or their successors in title or assigns (ADAM, Arthur'R éditions and Grace Music) are allowed to authorise, or not, the use, interpretation, performance, and radio, television or cinematographic broadcast, free of charge or for a fee, to a public or in a private circle other than the family, of their works.

• The management and collection of copyrights for the use, reproduction, exhibition, interpretation, public performance or broadcasting, free or paid, private paid performance or broadcasting, of the works of Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet are entrusted to Arthur'R Editions (plastic, photographic, literary works, song lyrics and scores).

• The management and licensing of the rights attached to the masters, as well as the distribution of audio recordings by Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet (songs, music, poetry,...) are entrusted to Grace Music.

• the management and collection of copyrights and musical rights attached to the works of Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet are entrusted to ADAM (private non-profit association for the management and collection of copyrights and musical rights), no other collective management organisation is authorised to request or produce any declaration or authorisation whatsoever, nor any financial consideration for the use, interpretation, performance or broadcasting, whether free or paying, public or private (other than within the family circle), of their works.

• Free private performances given exclusively within a family circle are authorised under the terms of the Article L122-5 alinéa 1 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

MUSIC | & 1984/2025 Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet (L.O.), Grace Music and Arthur’R éditions
Reminder concerning compact discs and vinyl, as well as all dematerialised recorded works whatever the digital format (WAV, AIF, MP3, AAC, FLAC,...) :
all rights of the phonographic producer and the owners of the recorded work are reserved for all countries.
Unless expressly authorised in writing by Bruno Arts or Margot Couttet or, failing this, by ADAM or Arthur'R Editions or Grace Music, the duplication, rental and lending of compact discs or vinyl containing their works, as well as all their dematerialised works, are prohibited. The use, interpretation, performance and broadcasting, whether free of charge or for a fee, to a public or in a private circle other than the family, of the music and songs of Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet are also forbidden, except for the exceptions described below, on the imperative condition that the name of the author/composer of the songs offered to the public is specified (as set out in Article L122-5 alinéa 3 of the French Intellectual Property Code) and fulfil the following conditions :
- acquires the authorisation to make a public broadcast free of charge, and only free of charge, of the albums of Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet, and this solely within the framework of its professional or associative activity, any natural person or legal entity (trader, craftsman, association, SME or administration receiving the public) having purchased a phonographic work by Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet in at least one of its physical versions: compact disc (CD), vinyl disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) ou book-album (audio book), and being able to present proof of this purchase (invoice or receipt) and having informed the following beforehand – imperative condition – ADAM .
This authorisation does not apply to all social networks, (in particular Facebook, Instagram, Tic Toc,Twitter, Google,…), search engines, streaming and/or downloading platforms, multinational companies and large corporations ; (in particular, Amazon, Apple, Google music, You Tube, major cultural retailers,…).

For any radio, television or film broadcasts, please contact ADAM . The broadcasting of songs and/or musics by Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet must be declared to ADAM et à aucun autre organisme de gestion collectif des droits musicaux.

Any use, interpretation, performance or broadcast, whether free of charge or for a fee, to a public or in a private circle, with the strict exception of the family circle , not declared to Bruno Arts or Margot Couttet or, failing that, to ADAM ou Arthur'R éditions or Grace Music, or not authorised by Bruno Arts, Margot Couttet or ADAM or Arthur'R éditions or Grace Music, will be prosecuted.

POEMS | 1982/2025 Bruno Arts and Arthur’R éditions
Reminder concerning books and all dematerialised recorded texts in any digital format (WAV, AIF, MP3, AAC, FLAC,…) :
all rights of adaptation or reproduction, even partial, in any form whatsoever, are reserved for all countries. Unless expressly authorised in writing by Bruno Arts or Arthur'R Editions, the public distribution of Bruno Arts' poems and texts by any means whatsoever is prohibited, except for the exceptions described below under imperative condition to inform the public of the name of the author of the poems and texts offered and to fulfil the following conditions :
- any natural person or legal entity (bookshop, library, school, university, theatre, association, town hall, etc. organising or taking part in a cultural event) having purchased the Bruno Arts' book or audio book containing the poems and/or texts that it wishes to present to the public, and being able to present proof of this purchase (invoice or receipt) and having previously informed – imperative condition – Arthur’R éditions , is authorised to give a free public reading of the poems and/or texts declared.
- a paying reading for charity purposes only may be organised with the express written authorisation of Arthur’R éditions .

Apart from the exceptions set out above, any use, interpretation, performance or broadcasting, whether free of charge or for a fee, to a public or in a private circle, with the strict exception of family circle , not declared to Arthur’R éditions, or not authorised by Arthur’R éditions, will be prosecuted.

DRAWINGS | PAINTINGS | SCULPTURES | PHOTOS | 1978/2025 Bruno Arts
All rights of use, reproduction or adaptation, even partial, in any form whatsoever, are reserved for all countries. Unless expressly authorised in writing by Bruno Arts, the use and reproduction of Bruno Arts' paintings, sculptures and photographs by any means whatsoever is prohibited.

For any request or declaration concerning the use, reproduction, interpretation, public or private performance or distribution of the works of Bruno Arts and Margot Couttet, please contact ADAM by clicking Here .