Author’s rights/copyrights can be used to strengthen the position of traditional knowledge holders, viewing them as providers of knowledge just like scientists, rather than simply informants. In France, Author’s right/Copyright law is governed by Section I of the French Intellectual Property Code and the Law on Literary and Artistic Property of 11 March 1957 (modified in July 1985). All works of intellectual creation are protected based simply upon their creation, without any formal requirements. Conditions that must be satisfied in order to benefit from copyright protection are: (1) the work must be fixed in a material form; and (2) the work must be original. Every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, irrespective of the mode or form of expression, is eligible for copyright protection in France, including books, brochures, speeches, etc. Several tools have been developed to keep evidence of the creation, including the ‘Soleau envelop’, which can be purchased from the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI) and used to prove that its content has been created by the applicant at a given date without the content or the date being questionable, or registration with an authors’ society.