The Politics of Authorship: The Effects of Literary Property Law on Author-Publisher Relations.
The article discusses relations between authors and publishers in the 19th century France and ways that this relationship was informed by changes in literary property law and literary culture. It is noted that literary piracy became such a problem in France that Emperor Napoleon III initiated a seri...
| Publicado en: | Nineteenth Century French Studies Vol. 39; no. 1/2; pp. 99 - 119 |
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University of Nebraska Press
Sep2010
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| Sumario: | The article discusses relations between authors and publishers in the 19th century France and ways that this relationship was informed by changes in literary property law and literary culture. It is noted that literary piracy became such a problem in France that Emperor Napoleon III initiated a series of reforms to literary property law. In 1866 a law was passed to protect copyrights held by authors for 50 years after the author's death. In the first half of the 19th century, it is noted that authors were typically not paid well by publishers, but that they were free to move freely between publishers. |
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