What are my rights?

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Attention: If I fail to comply with my tax obligations or if I make omissions, forgetfulness or inaccuracies in my declarations, I may be exposed to penalties of up to 80%.

Persons domiciled in France are subject to tax on all their income, whether it is French or foreign-sourced. Persons domiciled outside France are still subject to tax on their French-sourced income, subject to the provisions of the agreement between France and their State of residence . For more informatio-public.fr and impots.gouv.fr , in particular the “International” section.

6. Is all my income taxable and do I have to declare it?
All income I earn from my activity as an influencer, whether it is my main or secondary activity, is subject to taxes , contributions and Social Security contributions, from the first euro. Therefore, I must declare the income I earn from this activity in my income tax and Social Security returns .

7. Do I have to declare the gifts I receive from advertisers?
Whatever my status, amounts or "gifts" given to me by advertisers must be declared fr chief of vp and training email database om the first euro, in accordance with the procedures detailed above. On the website impots.gouv.fr you will find all the details on how to assess the amount of these payments.

8. Is my content legally protected?
If you create original content , it is protected by copyright laws. As such, you have moral and property rights over your content.

Under moral rights, you can decide the principle, timing and conditions of disclosure of your content, as well as its continued circulation. You can also demand that, whenever your content is used, your name is mentioned and your integrity is respected .
Regarding property rights, you can authorize or prohibit the reproduction or representation of your content.
Any use of your content will therefore require your permission . Therefore, a third party will not be able to reuse your publications and/or videos without first obtaining your rights.

In any case, the intellectual property regime applies to influencers who create original content within the meaning of copyright law. I can register my trademarks on the website of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI).

9. Do I have the right to use music in my content?
If it is original music that you have composed, written and performed yourself, there is no problem. You do not need to request permission if you are the composer and performer .

However, if the music has been composed, written and performed by a third party, several situations apply:

or the music has entered the public domain (70 years from the year following the author's death) and no prior authorization is required for its use;
or the music is marketed under so-called "royalty-free" licenses . In this case, use does not require prior authorization, but must comply with the conditions set out in the license;
or the music is not free of copyright and its use requires prior authorization from its author or his/her rights holders . Authorization may be free or paid (the second case is the most common in practice).
Using music without permission or without complying with the established conditions constitutes falsification and exposes you to civil and criminal penalties . More generally, intellectual works (music, but also drawings, books or plastic works) are protected by copyright if their form is original. Therefore, their use requires the prior authorization of the author of the work or his/her rights holders.

The site Propriété intellectuelle – Droit d'auteur, droit à l'image à l'ère du numérique (1) | Copyright and image rights in the digital age (1) economie.gouv.fr offers useful information on copyright.

10. If I use an influencer agent, are there any specific rules that apply?
Influencer agents are now defined in the law . Thus, the activity of an influencer agent consists, for a fee, in representing natural or legal persons who exercise the activity of an influencer as defined in the law, before natural or legal persons and, where appropriate, their representatives, requesting their services, in order to promote, by electronic means, goods, services or any cause .

If you use an agent, you must sign a contract with him or her. This contract must contain important information such as:

the absence of conflicts of interest between the influencer and his agent;
the amount paid by the advertiser (the brand) for the influencer's services, ensuring transparency for everyone (influencer, agent and advertiser).