160 de ani de drept de autor în România
160 years of copyright in Romania

Summary/Abstract: April 13, 2022 marked the 160th anniversary of the adoption in 1862, during the reign of Cuza Voda, of the Press Law, the first normative act that regulated the rights of authors of literary and artistic works in Romania. The law, considered to be a „compilation” of the French law of 1793, recognized the right of writers, composers of music and creators of artistic works to enjoy „as property”, throughout their lives, the right to reproduce, sell or transfer their works. At the same time, the law also required Romanian and foreign authors or the assignees of their rights to deposit a number of copies of the work at the Ministry of Public Instruction, at the Prefectures and at the Library of Iasi, deposits that were required to establish the authors' right of property. This first normative act which regulated for the first time, in Romania, the rights of authors of literary and artistic works was in force for almost 51 years, being repealed following the promulgation, on 15 June 1923, of the Law on Literary and Artistic Property.

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