Copyright and the Value of Performance, 1770-1911

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-44169-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

Reihe: Theatre and Performance Theory

In the nineteenth century, copyright law expanded to include performances of theatrical and musical works. These laws transformed how people made and consumed performances. Exploring precedent-setting litigation on both sides of the Atlantic, this book traces how courts developed definitions of theater and music to suit new performance rights laws. From Gilbert and Sullivan battling to protect The Mikado to Augustin Daly petitioning to control his spectacular 'railroad scene', artists worked with courts to refine vague legal language into clear, functional theories of drama, music, and performance. Through cases that ensnared figures including Lord Byron, Laura Keene, and Dion Boucicault, this book discovers how the law theorized central aspects of performance including embodiment, affect, audience response, and the relationship between scripts and performances. This history reveals how the advent of performance rights reshaped how we value performance both as an artistic medium and as property.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Musikindustrie
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassik (ca. 1750-1830)
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Romantik (ca. 1830-1900)
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: copyright, commodification, and performance; 1. Performance's valuable propriety, 1770–1833; 2. Ontologies of the performance-commodity, 1833–86; 3. Audiences, actors, and value, 1852–1911; 4. The performance-commodity at work, 1833–1911; Epilogue: valuing performance today; Appendix: timeline of major legislation and litigation affecting performance rights.

Über Autor(innen)

Miller, Derek
Derek Miller is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, Massachusetts.