Facts
The dispute opposes S., the son of the late B., and Group G., who claim a copyright acquired by B., against F., who recorded on tapes and cassettes the mediumistic lectures given by B. within Group G. S. and Group G. have brought an action against F. to obtain the restitution of the recordings, the prohibition of reproducing and exploiting the copies, damages, and the publication of the judgment. F. has filed a counterclaim to establish that B. had not acquired copyright on her trance statements.Considerations
The FC rejects the appeals filed by both parties. It considers that copyright attaches to the creative act, regardless of the author's awareness of creation. Thus, the fact that B. claimed to transmit messages from the beyond does not preclude her from having acquired copyright on her statements, insofar as she expressed them in a protectable form.
Regarding the request for information, the FC notes that it was ancillary to…