Book contents
- Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Mediating the American Theatre
- 1 Copyright and the Facilitation of Theatrical Production
- 2 The Publisher’s Unpublished Empire
- 3 The Enduring “Piratical” Pursuits of Alexander Byers
- 4 Brokering Theatre
- 5 Negotiating Playwright Integrity
- Part II The Organizational Response
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
1 - Copyright and the Facilitation of Theatrical Production
from Part I - Mediating the American Theatre
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2021
- Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Mediating the American Theatre
- 1 Copyright and the Facilitation of Theatrical Production
- 2 The Publisher’s Unpublished Empire
- 3 The Enduring “Piratical” Pursuits of Alexander Byers
- 4 Brokering Theatre
- 5 Negotiating Playwright Integrity
- Part II The Organizational Response
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Summary
If copyright is framed as just one of the many tools used to facilitate production in the larger theatrical economy, it is also possible to envision copyright law’s development outside the prism of dramatist-centric expansion narratives. As scholars including Oren Bracha and Catherine Fisk have shown, author rhetoric lives throughout the decisions of courts in the second half of the nineteenth century.1 Developments in the law suggest a more fluid framework than one that prioritized the rights of author dramatists, however. There was broad space within the law to accommodate theatrical mediators and the industry structures they created.
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- Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951 , pp. 17 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022