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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 International Copyright Act, Paris (1852) Source: Bibliothèque universitaire de Poitiers (SCD) : Bulletin des Lois de la République française, Xe série, tome neuvième, n° 510 Citation: French International Copyright Act (1852), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: f_1852 Full title Report and Decree on the Counterfeit of foreign works Full title original language Rapport et Décret sur la Contrefaçon d'Ouvrages étrangers Abstract If the author's right really was an incontestable property, then it should be protected in the same way by all international agreements. This is an argument which was often invoked by the critics of a property-based legal definition of author's rights. After the bilateral treaties signed by France between 1843 and 1851 (with Sardinia, Portugal, Hanover, and Great Britain), it was, though, not until the Decree of 28 March 1852 that French legislation, for "reasons of universal justice", finally granted protection to the authors of works published abroad. Indeed, previously to that, the majority view in France, in both jurisprudential theory and practice, had been that any legal action undertaken by such authors (regardless of whether they were French citizens or foreigners), or by their assignees, was invalid unless there was a specific agreement with the country concerned. Thus, whilst tying in with more modern developments in the international protection of authors' rights before the Berne Convention, the Decree of 1852 would nevertheless encounter difficulties in the way it was to be applied, even to the extent of challenges to the definition of the author's right in terms of property. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher Imprimerie Nationale Location Paris Year 1852 Language French Source Bibliothèque universitaire de Poitiers (SCD) : Bulletin des Lois de la République française, Xe série, tome neuvième, n° 510 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary Great Britain Hanover Portugal Sardinia Legislation referred to French International Copyright Act 1852 Legislation referred to in commentary Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851 French International Copyright Act 1852 Berne Convention 1886 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words international agreements, bilateral property theory, authors' property 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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