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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges, Paris (1777) Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22073 n° 146 Citation: French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges (1777), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: f_1777a Full title Decree of the King's Council of State, containing regulations on the duration of book trade privileges. 30 August 1777. Full title original language Arrest du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, Portant Règlement sur la durée des Priviléges en Librairie. Du 30 août 1777. Abstract Like the 1774 Donaldson v. Beckett case in Great Britain, the French royal provisions of 30 August 1777, regarding the duration of exclusive privileges, constitute a fundamental date in the history of literary property. In this last important set of regulations of the book trade under the Ancien Régime, the Crown did indeed seem to be granting authors an absolute property right emanating from the fact of creation (something that the Parisian booksellers and their lawyers had been asserting from the 1720s onwards). At same time, however, the ruling of the King's Council restricted the exercise of this property right when the privilege was transferred (normally to a bookseller). For this reason, the logic of this new legislation was highly criticized. Nevertheless, one major impact of this decree on the evolving book trade in France was the limitation of literary monopolies, much as in England at around the same time. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher Augustin-Martin Lottin (1726-1793) Location Paris Year 1777 Language French Source Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22073 n° 146 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Amelot de Chaillou, Antoine-Jean (1732-1795) Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît (fl.1775-1800) Lottin, Augustin-Martin (1726-1793) Louis XVI (1754-1793) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Paris Versailles Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777) Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Chambre syndicale des libraires et imprimeurs (Paris) King's Council of State (France) Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration duration duration, prolongation of privileges formalities inheritability licensing, Approbation licensing, Imprimatur monopoly patronage perpetual protection price regulation privileges privileges, printing registration Responsible editor Frédéric Rideau Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||
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