Fee for use of my translation in another theatre production Thread poster: Katarina Stipić-Komadina
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I would be grateful for some guidance... I translated a play for a theatre, and was paid for the job, no problem there. Another theatre (in the neighbouring country-language is the same) now wants to use my translation for their own production of the play, and apparently, they are supposed to pay me something (copyright?). I have absolutely no idea how much I am supposed to charge. Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I contact intellectual property authority in my country, can they... See more I would be grateful for some guidance... I translated a play for a theatre, and was paid for the job, no problem there. Another theatre (in the neighbouring country-language is the same) now wants to use my translation for their own production of the play, and apparently, they are supposed to pay me something (copyright?). I have absolutely no idea how much I am supposed to charge. Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I contact intellectual property authority in my country, can they help me determine the fee? Or the authority in the neighbouring country? Or this is not a matter within their scope of work?
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Maybe a lawyer specialized in intellectual property law...
| | | | Lingua 5B 
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| Lawyer’s fee | Jan 20, 2023 |
Then there’s a hefty lawyer’s fee.
I am not familiar with this, but why don’t you contact playwrights and authors in the country and see how they charge for taking their script to the stage? It looks like they treat you as an author if they ask you for permission to do it. Did they contact the original author, or just you? If only you, then ask other authors for pricing orientation (you will find them listed as “free artists” or working as teachers at performing arts depar... See more Then there’s a hefty lawyer’s fee.
I am not familiar with this, but why don’t you contact playwrights and authors in the country and see how they charge for taking their script to the stage? It looks like they treat you as an author if they ask you for permission to do it. Did they contact the original author, or just you? If only you, then ask other authors for pricing orientation (you will find them listed as “free artists” or working as teachers at performing arts departments or similar).
I really don’t know about a play commercial value, but this is where you start your calculation. ▲ Collapse
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There'll be a guild for playwrights, an IP organisation for the theatre or something like that.
If you ask nicely perhaps they'll share their fee schedule.
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| search for legislation of your country | Jan 22, 2023 |
In Russia, the right for the translation belongs to the translator, with all the resulting copyright fees, etc. BUT the author's copyright for the original text shall be respected too. You can browse for applicable laws of your country first, without paying somebody else to do it. Based on the complexity of the findings, you can then consider legal advice, if it would make sense financially.
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Katarina Stipić-Komadina wrote:
... Another theatre ... now wants to use my translation for their own production of the play, and apparently, they are supposed to pay me something (copyright?).
I have no idea what your local IP laws say, but I suggest you might be entitled to royalties, rather than copyright fees.
If you have already formally assigned (given, sold, bequeathed, ...) the copyright in your translation to (for example) the original playwright or a theatre in your country, it will no longer belong to you. So you cannot, in principle, sell it again. Depending on the terms under which you assigned it, you may nonetheless be entitled to receive royalties - typically a fee for each subsequent performance - regardless of where such performances take place.
NB: This is not legal advice. As others have suggested, you would do well to do some research on the web, and then, depending on what you discover from that, consider whether it's worthwhile consulting an IP lawyer (especially if the play is a major success with international theatre-goers).
HTH
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Many thanks for all of your answers.
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