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Le Chapelier's report, Paris (1791)

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

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DECREE SUBMITTED

On the Petition of the dramatic Authors,

13 January 1791.


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FIRST ARTICLE.


      Every citizen will be able to establish a public theatre & to have
performed there pieces of all genres, while making, prior to the establishment,
his declaration to the Municipality.

II.


      The Works of Authors deceased since five years & more, are public property,
& can, in spite of all ancient privileges, which are abolished, be performed
in all theatres indistinctly.

III.


      The works of living authors cannot be performed in any public theatre, in
all of the entire territory [l'étendue] of France, without the formal consent &
in writing by the authors, on the penalty of the confiscation of the total product
of the performance to profit the author.


    

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