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(1450-1900)

Beaumarchais's petition, Paris (1791)

Source: Bibliothèque Universitaire de Poitiers (SCD) : Oeuvres complètes de Beaumarchais, tome sixième, Paris, Furne, 1826.

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Beaumarchais's petition, Paris (1791), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Petition to the National Assembly by Caron de Beaumarchais, Against the usurpation of the property of authors by the theatre-directors, read by the author to the Committee on Public Instruction on 23 December 1791 and published immediately afterwards.

Full title original language:
Pétition à l'Assemblée nationale par Caron de Beaumarchais, Contre l'usurpation des propriétés des auteurs par les directeurs de spectacles, lue par l'auteur au comité d'instruction publique, le 23 décembre 1791, et imprimée immédiatement après.

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Author: Caron de Beaumarchais

Publisher: Furne, Libraire-éditeur

Year: 1791

Location: Paris

Language: French

Source: Bibliothèque Universitaire de Poitiers (SCD) : Oeuvres complètes de Beaumarchais, tome sixième, Paris, Furne, 1826.

Persons referred to:
De Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron
De La Harpe, Jean François
De La Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux, Duc
De Voltaire, François Marie Arouet
Du Buisson, Paul-Ulrich
Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio

Places referred to:
Amiens
Kehl (Baden-Württemberg)
Lyon
Marseille
Orleans
Paris
Péronne
Rouen
Versailles

Cases referred to:
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Institutions referred to:
Châtelet (Provostship of Paris)
Committee of Public Instruction (First Republic)
National Assembly (1789-1791)

Legislation:
French law of 13 January 1791, concerning the works of living playwrights

Keywords:
authors' remuneration
authorship, romantic concept of
dramatic works, protected subject matter
interest groups
labour theory
lobbying
property analogies
property theory, authors' property
public performance
royalty/royalties

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