Moral
rights
The author may at any time, claim paternity of a play and quash any change, mutilation
or alteration which it might undergo and which might undermine his/her honour or
reputation.
The author alone may authorize changes to his/her work. He/she also may, by virtue of
withdrawal right and the right to repent, withdraw a play from circulation. Thus the user
will respect the text and the viewer will be protected from any adulteration of the text.
Anyone responsible for alteration,abridgment, mutilation or change of work may be
prosecuted. (
Patrimonial rights
Exclusive proprietory rights
A play belongs to its author. Whoever wishes to use it must obtain his/her consent. If the
author consents, the user is granted a user's right or licence.
The author has sole right to produce, reproduce, perform, transform, adapt or publish, in
full or in part a recognized original work or to authorize such activities.
In other words, the author alone, or his/her representative (agent, heir, copyright
agency) may authorize, against remuneration, or prohibit performance of the play.
Remuneration right
The author allows the use of his/her work on the condition that he/she receive a
remuneration in the form of either a flat fee or a percentage of the receipts.
Any stage performance of a play or an excerpt, whatever the circumstances, must be
authorized in advance by the author and is subject to fees. This applies whether the user
is a student, a teacher, a school (private or public) amateur, professional, whether
performance occurs in a theatre, on a tour, as part of a festival or a benefit, or for an
audience of children, whether admission is charged or not.