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1 Rights of Dramatic Authors at Common Law 1871

handle is hein.trials/acjt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE RIGHTS OF AUTHORS AT COMMON LAW. -;0:- INTRODUCTION. THE following opinion of Mr. Justice MONELL, of the Superior Court of the City of New York, rendered in a case arising upon the law of literary property, discusses and decides the questions involved with so much ability; and those questions are in themselves so important and interesting that no apology can be necessary for presenting it to the public and to the legal profession in this form. The case itself raised all the questions involved in the law of literary property ; and the decision of the court in favor of the plaintiff has established, either directly or by necessary implication, the following principles: First. That the right of an author or his legal repre- sentatives to the exclusive use and enjoyment of an unpub- lished literary work isperpetual. Second. That this right can only be destroyed or lost by the assent or other intentional dedicatory act of the author or his legal representatives. Third. That this right is property, and as such is capa- ble of assignment, either in whole or in part, and that an assignee, even for a limited period or place, will be subro- gated to such rights and protected. Fourth. That the alienage of such author is no bar to such rights at common law, and will not abridge the remedy of either himself or his assignee for a violation of those rights.

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