Protection of Dramatic Works in the System of Copyright Law
Protection of Dramatic Works in the System of Copyright Law

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the most important copyright law issues of dramatic works. In the paper, I essentially aim to comprehensively present the copyright of theatrical works from the theoretical issues to the still unresolved questions. The paper focuses on the currently effective Hungarian copyright legislation, but it also analyses the German and Anglo-Saxon copyright law in connection with the most important line. In the paper I tried to give the fullest possible picture of the area concerned due to a holistic viewpoint. In the paper I analyse the conceptual approach of dramatic works, the theatre-specific features of moral rights of the author, the right to public performance and adaptation as the traditional uses of dramatic works, the features of licence agreements and the unresolved situation of stage director. The most important is the clarification of the copyright status of the contributors who making up the stage works. While the act clearly regulates the legal protection of stage author, costume designer, scenery designer and the performers, the copyright law situation of director and dramaturg is still unsettled despite their importance. In the paper I outline some solutions for this incomplete situation.

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