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"The public domain, as we understand it, is the wealth of information that is free from the barriers to access or reuse usually associated with copyright protection, either because it is free from any copyright protection or because the right holders have decided to remove these barriers. It is the raw material from which new knowledge is derived and new cultural works are created. After decades of measures that have drastically reduced the public domain, typically by extending the terms of protection, it is time to strongly reaffirm how much our societies and economies rely on a vibrant and ever expanding public domain. The role of the public domain, in fact, already crucial in the past, it is even more important today, as the Internet and digital technologies enable us to access, use and re-distribute culture with an ease and a power unforeseeable even just a generation ago. The Public Domain Manifesto aims at reminding citizens and policy-makers of a common wealth that, since it belongs to all, it is often defended by no-one. In a time where we for the first time in history have the tools to enable direct access to most of our shared culture and knowledge it is important that policy makers and citizens strengthen the legal concept that enables free and unrestricted access and reuse. We invite you to read the Manifesto and sign it, if you wish to show your support. We also invite you to share this site (http://publicdomainmanifesto.org) with your contacts and friends. The Public Domain Manifesto is also on Facebook. Also remember to celebrate the Public Domain Day every year on New Year's Day."

"À l'heure où la propriété intellectuelle fait l'objet d'un large débat en France, et à l'échelle de différentes organisations internationales, comment se cristallise-t-elle dans différentes sociétés du monde ? Ce numéro interroge les notions clés liées au copyright et à la création, à partir d'analyses centrées sur la musique. Il rappelle les conditions historiques d'émergence des notions d'œuvre et d'auteur et la difficulté soulevée par leur extension à d'autres cadres culturels. Les études rassemblées dans ce numéro constituent des "ethnographies du copyright", au sens où chacune tente, à sa manière, de suivre au plus près les principes vernaculaires de la propriété des idées musicales. Elles détaillent pour cela des situations de performance, des marchés conclus ou des mésententes, dans leurs spécificités culturelles, mais aussi dans leur confrontation aux principes et pratiques, désormais mondialisés, de la propriété"