Content Protection & Terms of Use

Content Protection & Use – Paris (EU law)

1 Ownership of Rights
All photographs, text, source code, page layouts and databases on this website are protected by:
● Articles L111-1 and L341-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code (CPI);
● Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases. Unless otherwise indicated, © oep-paris.com 2025 – all rights reserved

2 AI-Generated Content
Visual assets marked “AI-generated” have been produced with artificial-intelligence systems. Their disclosure complies with the transparency obligation in Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the “AI Act”). Where copyright or related rights subsist, the Office for Emergent Practices holds those rights; where no statutory protection applies, we nevertheless reserve all economic uses by contract.

3 Licence Granted to Visitors
You receive a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to display the content on a single device for strictly non-commercial purposes. Any broader use including reproduction, distribution, public display, adaptation, framing, screen capture, text or data mining, or the training, fine tuning or evaluation of an AI model, requires our prior written consent.

4 Prohibited Uses
You must not:
1. scrape, harvest or otherwise extract data from the site;
2. remove, alter or obscure any copyright notice, metadata, digital watermark or other rights management information;
3. bypass or defeat technical protection measures (including robots.txt, ai.txt, rate limits, CAPTCHA or DRM);
4. frame, mirror or embed the site within another website or service;
5. upload or otherwise provide our content to any image generation, diffusion or AI training system.

6 Protection of Rights-Management Information
Removing or altering electronic rights-management information is, in itself, an infringement under Article 7 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Articles L335-3 and L335-4 CPI, independent of any additional copyright breach.

7 Notice- and Action Procedure
In accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act) and Article 6 I-5 of Law No 2004-575 (LCEN), anyone who believes material on this site is unlawful may notify us by providing:
● the exact URL of the disputed content;
● identification of the right allegedly infringed;

● full contact details; and
● a good-faith statement of accuracy. We acknowledge receipt within 24 hours and will act without undue delay.

8 Enforcement and Remedies
Unauthorised use may lead to:
● civil measures seizure, injunctions and damages under Directive 2004/48/EC and Articles L331-1 et seq. CPI; and
● criminal penalties of up to three years’ imprisonment and EUR 300 000 under Article L335-2 CPI.

9 Image Rights and Personal Data
Photographs that make an individual identifiable are personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). We publish such images only:
● with the data subject’s explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR); or
● where necessary for our legitimate interests in presenting our architectural work and no overriding interests or fundamental rights of the data subject prevail (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Rights of the data subject
● Access their data and obtain a copy (Article 15).
● Rectify inaccurate data (Article 16).
● Request erasure (“right to be forgotten”, Article 17).
● Obtain restriction of processing (Article 18).
● Receive the data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and transmit it to another controller (portability, Article 20).
● Object to processing based on legitimate interests (Article 21) or withdraw consent at any time without affecting past processing.
In order to exercise your rights, send your request to info@oep-paris.com
Please specify the right you wish to exercise and provide proof of identity. We will respond within one month.
You are also entitled to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) or any other competent supervisory authority.

10 Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by French law. The courts of Paris have exclusive jurisdiction, without prejudice to any mandatory rules that protect consumers.

For further information or licensing requests, please contact info@oep-paris.com