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Literary Property Act , Madrid (1847)

Source: Archivo del Congreso de los Diputados, Exp. Propiedad Literaria (1847)

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Literary Property Act , Madrid (1847), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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            Article 3- . Identical right belongs to:
      
      
            1. Translators in verse of written
      works in spoken languages.
      
            2. Translators in verse or prose
      of works written in dead languages.
      
            3. Authors of sermons, pleadings,
      lectures or any other speeches given
      in public and and authors of articles
      and original poems in newspapers,
      when these different writings have been
      compiled in a collection.
      
            4. Authors of geographical charts,
      musical composers, calligraphers and
      draughtsmen except those in relation to
      drawings used in textiles; furniture and
      other items of everyday use, that shall be
      covered by the rules enacted or to be
      enacted for the protection of industrial
      property.
      
            5. Painters and sculptors regarding
      the reproduction of their works by engraving
      or by any other means.
      
            Article 4- . It belongs to the author
      for life and it passes on to their heirs
      for twenty five years:
      
            1. The property of the writings specified
      in the third paragraph of the preceding article
      article, if their its authors had not compile them
      in collections.
      
            2. The property of translators in prose
      of works written in spoken languages,taking
      into account that they shall not be able to
      avid the publication of different translations
      of the same work.
      
            If the first translator initiates


    

      
            Artículo tercero- . Igual derecho co-
      rresponde:
      
            Primero. A los traductores en verso de
      obras escritas en lenguas vivas.
      
            Segundo. A los traductores en verso ó prosa
      de obras escritas en lenguas muertas.
      
            Tercero. A los autores de sermones, alega-
      tos, lecciones ú otros discursos pronunciados en pú-
      blico y á los de los artículos y poesías originales
      de periódicos, siempre que estos diferentes escritos
      se hayan reunido en colección.
      
            Cuarto. A los compositores de cartas
      geográficas y a los de música, y á los calígra-
      rtografos y dibujantes, salvo los dibujos que hubie-
      ren de emplearse en tegidos; muebles y otros
      artículos de uso comun, los cuales estarán su-
      etos a las reglas establecidas, ó que se esta-
      blecieren para la propiedad industrial.
      
            Quinto. A los pintores y escultores
      con respecto a la reproducción de sus obras por
      el grabado ú cualquier otro medio.
      
            Artículo cuarto- . Corresponde al au-
      tor durante su vida, y se transmite á los he-
      rederos del autor por el término de veinte y
      cinco años:
      
            Primero. La propiedad de los escritos
      enumerados en el párrafo tercero del artículo
      anterior, si sus autores no los hubiere reunido en
      colecciones.
      
            Segundo. La propiedad de los traducto-
      res en prosa de obras escritas en lenguas vivas,
      entendiéndose que no se podrá impedir la publi-
      cación de otras distintas traducciones de la mis-
      ma obra.
      
            Si el primer traductor reclamare


    

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