Intellectual property rights against the right to culture ; Droit de propriété intellectuelle contre droit à la culture

Abstract

citizens' rights of access to culture diminish, fundamental freedoms are under threat but citizens do not react. Reducing cognitive dissonance and/or increasing confidence as social ties become weakened may partly explain this phenomenon. However, secular morals must be defined and associated with the law so that intellectual property is not protected for the benefit of large companies and to the detriment of authors and citizens. ; free access to culture and fundamental freedoms are greatly endangered, but citizens do not react. The reduction of cognitive dissonance and / or increasing confidence due to the weakening of social links may partly explain this phenomenon. However, we need to define a common morality associated to law to protect intellectual property. The new copyright policy should not be to the sole benefit of large firms at the expense of authors and citizens. ; citizens' rights of access to culture diminish, fundamental freedoms are under threat but citizens do not react. Reducing cognitive dissonance and/or increasing confidence as social ties become weakened may partly explain this phenomenon. However, secular morals must be defined and associated with the law so that intellectual property is not protected for the benefit of large companies and to the detriment of authors and citizens. ; les droits d'accès à la culture des citoyens diminuent, les libertés fondamentales sont largement menacées mais les citoyens ne réagissent pas. La réduction de la dissonance cognitive et/ou l'augmentation de la confiance au fil de la fragilisation du lien social peuvent expliquer pour partie ce phénomène. Il reste qu'une morale laïque est à définir et à associer à la loi pour que la protection de la propriété intellectuelle ne se fasse pas au profit des grandes firmes et au détriment des auteurs et des citoyens.