Dykes and fags resist outright the attempts of the state to make pictures of us and resist outright the state’s attempts to suppress our pictures. — John Greyson

Queer cinema is characterised by abundant reuse, misappropriation, or plain and simple plagiarism of existing works, particularly in its most experimental and militant inflexions. From Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising to Todd Haynes’ Superstar, numerous creations have been considered as infringing on intellectual property rights. Copyright specialist Séverine Dusollier, during a presentation in french, will look at some examples of queer creations that have been legally threatened, or even simply censored. With Un©ut, John Greyson presents copyright as serving a wider apparatus of surveillance and control over the desires and productions of minorities. Sondra Perry's It's in the Game traces the misuse of a black basketball player's image in a video game and addresses the issue of cultural appropriation in the age of new media. With Jubilee 2033, Zach Blas advocates a queer “counter-internet” and a “utopian practice of plagiarism” as an alternative to platform capitalism.