PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

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The 20 most requested records

1710: Statute of Anne
1841: Folsom v. Marsh
1831: Copyright Act
1790: Copyright Act
1469: Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly
1624: Statute of Monopolies
1474: Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets
1774: Donaldson v. Becket
1769: Millar v. Taylor
1662: Licensing Act
1842: Copyright Act
1557: Stationers' Charter
1878: Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence
1504: A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi
1886: International Copyright Act
1735: Engravers' Copyright Act
1870: Copinger's Law of Copyright
1814: Copyright Act
1886: Berne Convention
1870: Copyright Act

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Most referred legislations in records

85 Copyright Act
84 Statute of Anne
69 Engravers' Copyright Act
59 International Copyright Act
32 U.S. Copyright Act 1831
31 Licensing Act
29 French Copyright Act 1793
26 Copyright Amendment Act
25 U.S. Copyright Act 1790
20 Prussian Copyright Act 1837
19 U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789
19 Dramatic Literary Property Act
17 U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act)
17 Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851
14 Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act
14 Publication of Lectures Act
14 French Imperial decree on the book trade 1810
12 Models and Busts Act
12 Sculpture Copyright Act
11 Statute of Monopolies

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