The Minister of Culture and Communication, Aurélie Filippetti, presented to the Conseil supérieur de la propriété littéraire et artistique (CSPLA), a major forum for consultation and study aimed at informing the Government’s action on questions relating to literary and artistic property, the main conclusions it intends to draw in terms of copyright in Pierre Lescure’s report on Act II of the cultural exception.
She expressed the hope that the CSPLA will launch a study mission on the legal status of so-called transformative works, in order to better support the development of new artistic practices in the digital age. This mission could be entrusted to Valérie-Laure Benabou, professor at the University of Versailles-Saint Quentin, member of the CSPLA for qualified personalities.
In addition, Valérie-Laure Benabou presented the conclusions of the commission on the referencing of works of the mind on the Internet that she animated since spring 2012 with Joëlle Farchy, professor at the University of Paris I and Cécile Méadel, Professor of Sociology at Mines Paris Tech. This report, conducted in consultation with all the stakeholders concerned, presents an in-depth overview and analyses the legal qualification of online referencing operations. It concludes with suggestions to improve the visibility of the legal offer and combat illegal content. It will be made public very soon, the CSPLA reserves the possibility to deepen the avenues of reflection, which will also usefully feed the work of the mission entrusted to Mireille Imbert-Quaretta on the fight against illicit sites.
Finally, Catherine Meyer-Lereculeur, responsible for the General Inspection of Cultural Affairs, presented the progress of the work entrusted to it by the High Council on the exception to copyright and related rights for persons with disabilities, in the context of the recent adoption of the Treaty within WIPO on this subject.