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Royal Order on Dramatic Copyright , Madrid (1837)
Source: Archivo Histórico Nacional; AHN, Consejos, 11404, Exp. 026
Citation:
Royal Order on Dramatic Copyright , Madrid (1837), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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not worth while to specify, the results of
such benevolent intentions had
stopped and the work of the
Commission had not produced
the effect expected. Although
the lack of this law was felt in all
the areas embraced by the said
decree, there are nevertheless some
in which public opinion or necessity
have influenced favourably, facilitating
substantial improvements. However.
there is one area, that of the rights of
dramatic writers, which is totally ignored,
and bear the burden of the greatest
impunity; when, according to the regulation
of free press currently in force, they had
to be guaranteed. All dramatic
productions staged in any theatre or printed
and even those that have not yet
been represented or printed, are
quickly reproduced in the rest of the
theatres in the Peninsula without
prior authorisation, without the
knowledge of the author and sometimes
against his will. The consequences of
this practice are not only the deprivation
of their property, taking away the just
profit that for their work they should
be expecting, but also they constitute
the reason why dramatic works
til determinar han detenido los re-
sultados de tan beneficas intenciones
y los trabajos de la Junta no han
llegado á producir el efecto que de-
ellos se esperaba. Aunque la
falta de esta ley sea sensible
en todos los estremos que abrazaba el
citado decreto hay sin embargo al-
gunos en los que la opinión pu-
blica ó la necesidad han influido
favorablemente haciendo en ellos me-
joras de consideracion; pero uno, él
de los derechos de los escritores dra-
maticos, se halla enteramente desaten-
dido, hallandose estos con la mayor
impunidad; cuando por el reglamen-
to de libertad de imprenta vigente
debieran considerarse como garan-
tizados. Todas las producciones dra-
maticas que se representan en
algun teatro ó se imprimen y
las que aun carecen de alguna
de estas dos circunstancias, se
ven inmediatamente reproducidas
en los demas teatros de la Peninsula
sin preceder permiso, ni aun no-
ticia del autor y algunas veces con-
tra su voluntad. Las consecuencias
de semejante modo de proceder,
se estienden no solo á privar á los
autores de la propiedad, quitandoles
el justo lucro que de su trabajo de-
ben esperar, sino tambien son cau-
sa de que las obras dramaticas
Source: Archivo Histórico Nacional; AHN, Consejos, 11404, Exp. 026
Citation:
Royal Order on Dramatic Copyright , Madrid (1837), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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not worth while to specify, the results of
such benevolent intentions had
stopped and the work of the
Commission had not produced
the effect expected. Although
the lack of this law was felt in all
the areas embraced by the said
decree, there are nevertheless some
in which public opinion or necessity
have influenced favourably, facilitating
substantial improvements. However.
there is one area, that of the rights of
dramatic writers, which is totally ignored,
and bear the burden of the greatest
impunity; when, according to the regulation
of free press currently in force, they had
to be guaranteed. All dramatic
productions staged in any theatre or printed
and even those that have not yet
been represented or printed, are
quickly reproduced in the rest of the
theatres in the Peninsula without
prior authorisation, without the
knowledge of the author and sometimes
against his will. The consequences of
this practice are not only the deprivation
of their property, taking away the just
profit that for their work they should
be expecting, but also they constitute
the reason why dramatic works
til determinar han detenido los re-
sultados de tan beneficas intenciones
y los trabajos de la Junta no han
llegado á producir el efecto que de-
ellos se esperaba. Aunque la
falta de esta ley sea sensible
en todos los estremos que abrazaba el
citado decreto hay sin embargo al-
gunos en los que la opinión pu-
blica ó la necesidad han influido
favorablemente haciendo en ellos me-
joras de consideracion; pero uno, él
de los derechos de los escritores dra-
maticos, se halla enteramente desaten-
dido, hallandose estos con la mayor
impunidad; cuando por el reglamen-
to de libertad de imprenta vigente
debieran considerarse como garan-
tizados. Todas las producciones dra-
maticas que se representan en
algun teatro ó se imprimen y
las que aun carecen de alguna
de estas dos circunstancias, se
ven inmediatamente reproducidas
en los demas teatros de la Peninsula
sin preceder permiso, ni aun no-
ticia del autor y algunas veces con-
tra su voluntad. Las consecuencias
de semejante modo de proceder,
se estienden no solo á privar á los
autores de la propiedad, quitandoles
el justo lucro que de su trabajo de-
ben esperar, sino tambien son cau-
sa de que las obras dramaticas