Saint Finnian et le Necronomicon du Copyright

Il y a quelques temps, je me suis demandé si le droit d’auteur ne rendait pas fou, face à la multiplication d’affaires traduisant un dérapage de la propriété intellectuelle. Le copyright dégénère de plus en plus souvent en copyfraud (revendication abusive de droit), avec les conséquences néfastes que l’on sait pour l’accès au domaine public, à la connaissance et à l’information. Pour essayer de mieux comprendre ce phénomène, je me suis replongé dans l’histoire du droit d’auteur, exercice toujours instructif pour prendre un peu de recul et redonner du sens lors des périodes tourmentées (je vous recommande à cet effet l’ouvrage de Françoise Chaudenson A qui appartient l’oeuvre d’art ?). Et de fil en aiguille, j’en suis venu à me demander jusqu’où on pouvait rembobiner ainsi l’écheveau du copyright. A ma gauche, Saint Colomban : premier pirate de l’Histoire ? A ma droite, Saint Finnian : premier copyfraudeur de l’Histoire ! On imagine bien Finnian en adepte des DRM rustiques de l'époque !

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eBouquin Top 5 art exhibits to scope out in Montreal this spring With winter white gone but spring still lurking around the corner of winter’s lingering dusty gray, we all need to sate our lust for colour in creative ways. Art comes to the rescue, with an army of artists ready to colour in our world and renew our imagination with their fecund visions. Papier13 presents an army of artists who take on the white page, Eve Sussman explores time and space at MACM, Saturation gives us the full colour treatment, Gabriel Coutu-Dumont continues to colour in the spaces between sounds, and Benoît Aquin brings us the heat and colour of Haiti. 1. May 23 to September 2nd Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Brooklyn-based artist Eve Sussman and her team Rufus Corporation create things that are out of this world. Photo via macm.org 2. May 4 to 25 Phi Centre Gabriel Coutu-Dumont creates new media and physical works of art that explore music and its paraphernalia, from a visual and sculptural dimension. A New Era of Thought, Gabriel Coutu-Dumont 3. 4. April 25-28 5.