Re: original French copyright laws

On Tue, Jan 11, 2000, Dean Wilson <ikurya[_at_]interport.net> wrote:
>
> i am a graduate student working on copyright issues during the french
> revolutionary period
>
> would you happen to have any insights as to the exact origins of the
> rights of authors before napoleon
>
> was there a copyright law for dramatic writers or other creative writers
> before napoleon
>
> or was the entire system one of protection and privilege according to
> aristocratic domains
>
> what role did beaumarchais' reform actions play in the instituting of
> copyright in france
>
> your help would be greatly appreciated even if you could simply
> recommend a book

A good reference about historical background and evolution of french droit d'auteur and common law copyright ist the book of Alain Strowel, Droit d'auteur et Copyright.

sincerely

Bertrand Labassee
<bertrand.labassee[_at_]t-online.de> Received on Wed Jan 12 2000 - 17:28:13 GMT