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Civil Code, Madrid (1888)

Source: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Signature 5/9387

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Civil Code, Madrid (1888), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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SPANISH CIVIL CODE

PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF

11 MAY 1888


AND AMENDED BY THE LAW


OF 26 MAY 1889

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROJECTS

OF 1851 AND 1882

AND THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION AND ANNOTATED

WITH THE CASE LAW FROM


THE SUPREME COURT


      

1889

JUAN GRABULOSA, PUBLISHER

Calle del Buensuceso, num. 13


BARCELONA





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            [...]
            
            
            
                                    CHAPTER III
            
                                    Copyright
            
            
                  Art. 428. The author of any literary, scientific
                  or artistic work has the right to profit from it and
                  dispose of it at his will.
      



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                  Art. 429. The law of copyright
            determines the persons to whom such rights belongs,
            the manner of exercising it, and the term of protection.
            In cases not provided for nor determined by
            such special law, the general rules about ownership,
            established by this Code, shall govern. (1)
            
            
             [...]
      
      
            (1)            Origins
      
             Copyright Law, 10 January 1879
            Royal Decree 11 June 1886
      
                  Case law
      
            Supreme Court Decisions on December 1861 and 30 February 1866


Translation by: José Bellido

    

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