RS 14:208 Operas, performance or representation without consent of owner prohibited; penalty - Louisiana Statutes

§208.  Operas, performance or representation without consent of owner prohibited; penalty

No person or company shall take part in or cause to be publicly performed or represented for profit any unpublished or undedicated dramatic or musical composition known as an opera without the consent of its owner or proprietor, or knowing an opera is unpublished or undedicated, shall permit, aid, or take part in a public performance or representation without the consent of the owner or proprietor.  

Whoever violates this Section shall, for every performance, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days.