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privileges 274 privileges, printing 91 privileges 75 privileges, French 24 privileges, German Imperial 24 privileges, Venetian 17 privileges, Papal 10 privileges, fictitious 10 privileges, Saxon 9 privileges, Bavarian 3 privileges, printing 2 privileges, Prussian 2 privileges, Austrian 1 privileges, counterfeit 1 privileges, for invention 1 privileges, Polish 1 privileges, Spanish 1 privileges, Swedish 1 privileges, Swiss 1
duration 244 duration 160 duration, post mortem term 58 duration, prolongation of privileges 25 duration 1
penalties 228 penalties 112 penalties, paid to author(s) 44 penalties, paid to fiscal authorities 44 penalties, paid to publisher(s) 25 penalties, paid to publishers' organisations 2 penalties 1
property theory 188 property theory, authors' property 89 property theory 61 property theory, publishers' property 36 property theory, authors’ property 2
authorship 141 authorship, legal concept of 52 authorship, theory of 45 authorship, romantic concept of 20 authorship, corporate 10 authorship, joint or collaborative 10 authorship, romantic theory of 3 authorship 1
books 128 books, protected subject matter 128
registration 109 registration 107 registration 2
book trade 108 book trade 105 book trade 3
authors' remuneration 95 authors' remuneration 95
deposit 94 deposit 94
censorship 90 censorship 56 censorship, pre-publication 33 censorship, pre-publicatinon 1
transferability 89 transferability 88 transferability 1
reprints 85 reprints 85
music 84 music, protected subject matter 84
licensing 78 licensing 40 licensing, Approbation 22 licensing, Imprimatur 13 licensing 1 licensing, approbation 1 licensing, imprimatur 1
translations 76 translations, protection of 39 translations, of contemporary works 29 translations, of classic works 8
formalities 75 formalities 75
engravings 74 engravings, protected subject matter 69 engravings 5
learning 74 learning, the advancement of 73 learning, the advancement 1
lobbying 73 lobbying 73
foreign reprints 73 foreign reprints 73
dramatic works 72 dramatic works, protected subject matter 71 dramatic works 1
importation 66 importation 66
monopoly 65 monopoly 65
international agreements 64 international agreements, bilateral 43 international agreements, multilateral 11 international agreements, Berne Convention 10
piracy 64 piracy 63 piracy 1
book market 60 book market 59 book market 1
newspapers 60 newspapers 50 newspapers, protected subject matter 10
public performance 60 public performance 60
originality 58 originality 57 originality 1
public good 58 public good 58
public domain 57 public domain 57
inheritability 57 inheritability 57
incentives 57 incentives 57
reciprocity 55 reciprocity 54 reciprocity 1
scholarly writing 53 scholarly writing 53
editions 52 editions, new 52
moral rights 52 moral rights, integrity 18 moral rights, divulgation (first publication) 11 moral rights, theory 10 moral rights, attribution 7 moral rights 6
patents 50 patents, for invention 41 patents, printing 8 patents, for inventions 1
natural rights 49 natural rights 49
printing 48 printing, history of 48
utility 48 utility 48
contract 46 contract 46
reputation 46 reputation 46
maps 46 maps, protected subject matter 46
counterfeit 45 counterfeit 45
religious works 44 religious works 44
property analogies 42 property analogies 42
author/publisher relations 42 author/publisher relations 42
common law copyright 41 common law copyright 41
translation 40 translation, right of 39 translation, protection of 1
societies 40 societies, copyright 15 societies, publishers' 14 societies, authors' 7 societies, authors’ 3 societies, publishers’ 1
paintings 40 paintings, protected subject matter 40
patronage 39 patronage 39
interest groups 39 interest groups 39
idea/expression 39 idea/expression 38 idea/expression 1
Stationers' Company 38 Stationers' Company 38
drawings 37 drawings, protected subject matter 36 drawings 1
Anglo-American 36 Anglo-American 36
imitation 36 imitation 28 imitation, learning by 7 imitation 1
price regulation 36 price regulation 36
inventions 36 inventions 36
defamation 36 defamation 36
immoral works 35 immoral works 35
fraud 35 fraud 35
guild regulation 35 guild regulation 35
royalty/royalties 35 royalty/royalties 35
sculpture 34 sculpture, protected subject matter 33 sculpture 1
libraries 33 libraries 33
labour theory 33 labour theory 33
universities 33 universities 33
perpetual protection 32 perpetual protection 32
manuscript 32 manuscript 32
abridgements 32 abridgements 32
dramatico-musical works 31 dramatico-musical works, protected subject matter 31
photography 31 photography, protected subject matter 31
oral works 30 oral works, protected subject matter 29 oral works 1
copy 29 copy 29
Bible 29 Bible, the 29
adaptation 29 adaptation 28 adaptation 1
guilds 29 guilds 29
inventors 28 inventors 28
anonymous works 27 anonymous works 27
remedies 27 remedies 27
Reformation 26 Reformation, the 25 Reformation 1
copying 26 copying, concept of 26
authenticity 26 authenticity 25 authenticity 1
unpublished works 24 unpublished works 24
personality theory 24 personality theory 24
classics 24 classics, Greek and Latin 24
compilation 24 compilation 24
commissions 23 commissions 23
free trade 23 free trade 23
fair use 23 fair use 23
authors 23 authors, self-publishing 23
customs 23 customs 23
law books 23 law books 23
creativity 22 creativity 22
applied art 21 applied art, protected subject matter 21
constitution 20 constitution, US 20
typography 20 typography 20
derivatives 19 derivatives 19
Enlightenment 19 Enlightenment, the 19
music publishing 18 music publishing 18
art market 18 art market 18
almanacs 18 almanacs 18
employer/employee relations 18 employer/employee relations 18
states 18 states, US 18
forgery 17 forgery 17
new editions 17 new editions 17
plagiarism 17 plagiarism 17
book fairs 16 book fairs 16
novelty 16 novelty 16
serialisation 16 serialisation 15 serialisation 1
renewal 15 renewal 15
subscription 15 subscription 15
barter trade 14 barter trade 14
French Revolution 14 French Revolution 14
import 14 import 14
replica 13 replica 13
Renaissance 13 Renaissance, the 13
letters 13 letters 13
excluded subject matter 13 excluded subject matter 13
portrait 13 portrait 13
attribute 13 attribute, obligation to 13
divine law 12 divine law 12
taxation 12 taxation 11 taxation 1
advertising 12 advertising 12
scribal publication 11 scribal publication 11
catechisms 11 catechisms 11
anthologies 11 anthologies 11
grammars 10 grammars 10
humanism 10 humanism 10
industrial revolution 10 industrial revolution 10
Napoleonic Wars 10 Napoleonic Wars 10
privilege 10 privilege 8 privilege, French 2
ingenuity 10 ingenuity 10
utilitarianism 10 utilitarianism 10
arrangement 10 arrangement 10
technical manuals 9 technical manuals 9
architecture 9 architecture, protected subject matter 9
divisibility 8 divisibility 8
moral obligations 7 moral obligations 7
enlightenment 7 enlightenment, the 7
private domain 7 private domain 7
signature 7 signature 7
Art 7 Art 7
Università di Stampatori e Librai (Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers) 7 Università di Stampatori e Librai (Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers) 7
exhibitions 7 exhibitions 7
Engraving 7 Engraving 7
Replicas 6 Replicas 6
posthumous works 6 posthumous works 6
Portraits 6 Portraits 6
Repetitions 6 Repetitions 6
Photographs 6 Photographs 6
confederacy 5 confederacy 5
Publication 5 Publication 5
ownership 5 ownership, corporate 5
Copying 5 Copying 5
contracts 5 contracts, regulation of 4 contracts 1
medical tracts 4 medical tracts 4
Artistic works 4 Artistic works 4
Print 4 Print 4
Venice 4 Venice 4
Vienna Congress 4 Vienna Congress 4
Painting 4 Painting 4
Privileges 4 Privileges 4
compulsory licensing 4 compulsory licensing 4
Collectors 4 Collectors 4
fixation 4 fixation 4
Early Modern 4 Early Modern 4
excommunication 4 excommunication 4
secrecy 4 secrecy 4
public utility 4 public utility 4
Sculpture 3 Sculpture 3
defences and exemptions 3 defences and exemptions 3
expurgation 3 expurgation 3
Riformatori dello Studio di Padova 3 Riformatori dello Studio di Padova 3
colonies 3 colonies 3
Consiglio dei Pregadi 3 Consiglio dei Pregadi 3
invention 3 invention 3
academic freedom 3 academic freedom 3
Senate of Venice 3 Senate of Venice 3
Authorship 2 Authorship 2
bilateral agreements 2 bilateral agreements, between German lands 2
author's remuneration 2 author's remuneration 2
property 2 property 2
artist 2 artist 2
Registration 2 Registration 2
Religious works 2 Religious works 2
Woodcut 2 Woodcut 2
woodcuts 2 woodcuts, protected subject matter 2
woodcutter 2 woodcutter 2
Royal Academy of Arts 2 Royal Academy of Arts 2
Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation) 2 Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation) 2
codification 2 codification 1 codification 1
printmakers 2 printmakers 2
Counter-Reformation 2 Counter-Reformation, the 2
Sitters 2 Sitters 2
Society of Arts 2 Society of Arts 1 Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce 1
Collegio of Venice 2 Collegio of Venice 2
Lord Thring 2 Lord Thring 2
Lord Monkswell 2 Lord Monkswell 2
Inquisition 2 Inquisition 2
priviliges 1 priviliges 1
Sigmund Feierbend 1 Sigmund Feierbend 1
services 1 services 1
retail price 1 retail price 1
Sigismund Feierabend 1 Sigismund Feierabend 1
Petrus Valgrisius 1 Petrus Valgrisius 1
Sigmund Feyerabend 1 Sigmund Feyerabend 1
Richard Bethell 1 Richard Bethell 1
US 1 US 1
Unpublished works 1 Unpublished works 1
religion 1 religion 1
prescription 1 prescription 1
printing press 1 printing press 1
property analogues 1 property analogues 1
Pietro Valgrisi 1 Pietro Valgrisi 1
Royal Commission on Copyright 1 Royal Commission on Copyright 1
Triumph of Caesar 1 Triumph of Caesar 1
Stereoscopic pictures 1 Stereoscopic pictures 1
Public Library of Melbourne 1 Public Library of Melbourne 1
printer 1 printer 1
Summary Proceedings 1 Summary Proceedings 1
plaster 1 plaster 1
Titus Livius 1 Titus Livius 1
The Death of Chatterton 1 The Death of Chatterton 1
portraiture 1 portraiture 1
penalties; author/publisher relations; foreign reprints; books 1 penalties; author/publisher relations; foreign reprints; books, protected subject matter; privileges; duration 1
printing 1 printing, history of 1
patterns 1 patterns 1
Delabere Roberton Blaine 1 Delabere Roberton Blaine 1
Catherinus Geno 1 Catherinus Geno 1
Censorship 1 Censorship 1
choreographic works 1 choreographic works, protected subject matter 1
Christ 1 Christ 1
Cipriana Michiel 1 Cipriana Michiel 1
Colonial copyright 1 Colonial copyright 1
Common law copyright 1 Common law copyright 1
copies 1 copies 1
Council of Trent 1 Council of Trent 1
distributive justice 1 distributive justice 1
Catechisms 1 Catechisms 1
Dramatic Works 1 Dramatic Works 1
embroidery 1 embroidery 1
Enea Parmigiano 1 Enea Parmigiano 1
Enea Vico 1 Enea Vico 1
engraving 1 engraving 1
Exhibition 1 Exhibition 1
expression 1 expression 1
Fine Arts Copyright Act 1 Fine Arts Copyright Act 1
fines 1 fines 1
Formalities 1 Formalities 1
Catherino Zeno 1 Catherino Zeno 1
Casts from Nature 1 Casts from Nature 1
Francesco Marcolini da Forli 1 Francesco Marcolini da Forli 1
art 1 art 1
Aggrieved person 1 Aggrieved person 1
Albrecht Dürer 1 Albrecht Dürer 1
Ancient Rome 1 Ancient Rome 1
Antoine du Pérac Lafréry 1 Antoine du Pérac Lafréry 1
Antonio Floriano 1 Antonio Floriano 1
Antonio Floriano da Udene 1 Antonio Floriano da Udene 1
Antonio Lafreri 1 Antonio Lafreri 1
Antonio Lafréry 1 Antonio Lafréry 1
Antonio Salamanca 1 Antonio Salamanca 1
arts 1 arts 1
cast 1 cast 1
assignat 1 assignat 1
author 1 author 1
author/self-publishing 1 author/self-publishing 1
Benedetto Bordon 1 Benedetto Bordon 1
Benedetto Bordone 1 Benedetto Bordone 1
Blackburn J. 1 Blackburn J. 1
book 1 book 1
booksellers 1 booksellers 1
Bulls 1 Bulls 1
cartography 1 cartography 1
Francesco Marcolini 1 Francesco Marcolini 1
François Clouet 1 François Clouet 1
pattern book 1 pattern book 1
Lucretia 1 Lucretia 1
Jacobus of Strassburg 1 Jacobus of Strassburg 1
Jakob von Strassburg 1 Jakob von Strassburg 1
Joseph Salviati 1 Joseph Salviati 1
Julius Caesar 1 Julius Caesar 1
Justices of the Peace 1 Justices of the Peace 1
Literary works 1 Literary works 1
Livy 1 Livy 1
Lord Westbury 1 Lord Westbury 1
Lucrece 1 Lucrece 1
Lucretia Contarini 1 Lucretia Contarini 1
Jacob of Strasburg 1 Jacob of Strasburg 1
Manchester Art Treasures 1 Manchester Art Treasures 1
mappamondo 1 mappamondo 1
Martinez de Salamanca 1 Martinez de Salamanca 1
morality 1 morality 1
Museum of Industry and Art 1 Museum of Industry and Art, Victoria 1
Musical Works 1 Musical Works 1
National Gallery 1 National Gallery, Victoria 1
New Zealand 1 New Zealand 1
Originality 1 Originality 1
painter (peintre du roi) 1 painter (peintre du roi) 1
Jacobus Argentoratensis 1 Jacobus Argentoratensis 1
inventor 1 inventor 1
Gaius Julius Caesar 1 Gaius Julius Caesar 1
Giuseppe Porta 1 Giuseppe Porta 1
Geert de Cremer 1 Geert de Cremer 1
Geert de Kremer 1 Geert de Kremer 1
Geography 1 Geography 1
Gerard de Cremer 1 Gerard de Cremer 1
Gerard de Kremer 1 Gerard de Kremer 1
Gerard Mercator 1 Gerard Mercator 1
Gerardus Mercator 1 Gerardus Mercator 1
Giacomo di Argentina 1 Giacomo di Argentina 1
Giovanni Ostaus 1 Giovanni Ostaus 1
Giuseppe Salviati 1 Giuseppe Salviati 1
intellectual property 1 intellectual property 1
gores 1 gores 1
guild 1 guild 1
Henri II 1 Henri II 1
Henry Graves 1 Henry Graves 1
Henry II 1 Henry II 1
Henry Wallis 1 Henry Wallis 1
Hieronimo Zane 1 Hieronimo Zane 1
Hieronimus Zane 1 Hieronimus Zane 1
Il Salviati 1 Il Salviati 1
inherability 1 inherability 1
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