One of the fundamental questions facing copyright today is that of its application. Since its legal recognition two centuries ago it has been based on the system of collective management by a group of companies which control the exploitation of the works, collect the royalties and distribute them to the beneficiaries. Yet, while it was created as an agent of rationalization, the system is now developing according to a logic of segmentation and specialization, sometimes opposed to that of rationalization.L'une des questions fondamentales auxquelles est confronté le droit d'auteur aujourd'hui est celle de sa mise en oeuvre. Depuis sa reconnaissance législative il y a deux siècles, il s'appuie sur le système de la gestion collective, un ensemb...