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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:  | | Report of François Hell to the National Assembly, Paris (1791) Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : LE29-1208 Citation: Report of François Hell to the National Assembly (1791), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: f_1791a Full title Report to the National Assembly, by Mr. Hell, Deputy of the Bas-Rhin, on the property of scientific and literary productions Full title original language N/A Abstract François Hell's bill, submitted to the Constitutional Committee in September 1791, can be seen as a counter-weight to that of Sieyès (f_1790). Indeed, it enshrined literary property in such terms with which neither Linguet, nor Pluquet, nor obviously the Parisian booksellers, would have been able to find any fault. Especially since the former was to be guaranteed by perpetual protection, to the benefit of the author, as well as his assignees. In short, the bill's purpose was to confirm the recognition of literary property that had been achieved with the 1777 decrees (f_1777a), but without the restrictions imposed back then on the transfer of such property. Moreover, in contrast to Sieyès's draft, Hell treated the question of press control and that of regulating the author's right as quite distinct issues. The new tentative law was also intended not to be provisional but permanent. However, this radical proposal was ultimately rejected by the National Assembly. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author François Hell Publisher Imprimerie Nationale Location Paris Year 1791 Language French Source Bibliothèque nationale de France : LE29-1208 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bomare, Valmont de (1731-1807) Bruyset, Jean-Marie (1719-1793) Hell, François (d.1792) Salinelles, Meynier (fl.1791) Persons referred to in commentary Hell, François (d.1792) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri (1736-1794) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien (1716-1790) Sieyès, Emmanuel Joseph Comte (1748-1836) Places referred to France Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to French law of 13 January 1791, concerning the works of living playwrights Legislation referred to in commentary Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Committee of Agriculture & Trade Constitutional Committee of the French National Assembly National Assembly (1789-1791) Institutions referred to in commentary Constitutional Committee of the French National Assembly National Assembly (1789-1791) Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Key words counterfeit dramatic works, protected subject matter engravings, protected subject matter foreign reprints inheritability penalties privileges, printing property theory, authors' property property theory, publishers' property registration transferability translations, protection of 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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