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Royal declaration on sculpture and painting, Paris (1777)
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Royal declaration on sculpture and painting, Paris (1777), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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368 LOUIS XVI.
not [excellent] were to appear attributed to their name, or if those works which
are, were disfigured without their knowledge, to renew the prohibitions made, on
this subject, to all printmakers and the like to publish any print [estampe] under the
name of any member of the said Academy without his/her consent, or failing that,
that of the Academy, likewise all printmakers are also forbidden to copy or pirate
the works of the engravers of the said Academy, and to sell pirated copies of
whatever kind and on whatever pretext, on pain against each of the contraveners
of the relevant fine, and of confiscation not only of the pirated impressions but
also of the engraved copper-plates and other tools used to counterfeit and print
them, as well as all costs, damages and interest, equally, and under pain of the
same punishment, we very expressly prohibit and forbid all sculptors of whatever
kind or status, and under whatever possible circumstances, to cast, put on sale or
give to the public any one of the works of the sculptors of our Royal Academy of
Painting and Sculpture, or copies of them, without the permission of the author, or
failing that, the permission of the Academy.
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Royal declaration on sculpture and painting, Paris (1777), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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not [excellent] were to appear attributed to their name, or if those works which
are, were disfigured without their knowledge, to renew the prohibitions made, on
this subject, to all printmakers and the like to publish any print [estampe] under the
name of any member of the said Academy without his/her consent, or failing that,
that of the Academy, likewise all printmakers are also forbidden to copy or pirate
the works of the engravers of the said Academy, and to sell pirated copies of
whatever kind and on whatever pretext, on pain against each of the contraveners
of the relevant fine, and of confiscation not only of the pirated impressions but
also of the engraved copper-plates and other tools used to counterfeit and print
them, as well as all costs, damages and interest, equally, and under pain of the
same punishment, we very expressly prohibit and forbid all sculptors of whatever
kind or status, and under whatever possible circumstances, to cast, put on sale or
give to the public any one of the works of the sculptors of our Royal Academy of
Painting and Sculpture, or copies of them, without the permission of the author, or
failing that, the permission of the Academy.
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