Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-251) and index.
Contents:
Copyright and the facilitation of theatrical production -- The publisher's unpublished empire -- The enduring "piratical" pursuits of Alexander Byers -- Brokering Theatre -- Negotiating playwright integrity -- The playwright code -- Carl E Ring and the American Playwright Trade Association -- Trading on "its own inherent strength."
Summary:
"This book is a historical account about the negotiation of creativity in the American theatre. It is a history of how the American theatre organized its relationships and how stakeholders, and in particular dramatists, responded to these developments. The book examines how copyright law has interacted with the American theatre in dynamic and counterintuitive ways, helping to facilitate theatrical production between authors of original copyright works and audiences. But copyright plays only a supporting role in the much larger theatrical economy. This is a history of how the industry was shaped by the evolution of mediating businesses and the practices they established. The growth in mediating businesses, and responses to these developments, has accompanied enduring ambiguities about the authority dramatists are often assumed to have over the work they create"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Cambridge intellectual property and information law
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