PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)


This is a freely-accessible, publicly-funded digital archive that collects together significant documents relating to the history of copyright law and practice. The documents have been selected by national editors, with the input of an editorial advisory board. Key documents are, where appropriate, transcribed and translated. The editors have written commentaries, explaining the reasons for selecting documents and their significance. The project was launched in 2008, initially funded by the AHRC in relation to 5 countries. Since 2024 it is supported by the AHRC as UK research infrastructure. The archive now extends to more than 20 (including historical and religious) jurisdictions and over 700 primary source documents. They can be browsed by date/language/jurisdiction, or searched.


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1737* Booksellers' Bill (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1741* Pope v. Curl (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1741Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) (United Kingdom)
1741Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders (United Kingdom)
1747* Warburton's Letter from an Author (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1751Tonson v. Walker (United Kingdom)
1761Tonson v. Collins (United Kingdom)
1762* Tonson v. Collins (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1766Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) (United Kingdom)
1769* Millar v. Taylor (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1773* Hinton v. Donaldson (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1773Information for Messrs John Hinton et al (United Kingdom)
1773Information for Alexander Donaldson (United Kingdom)
1774* Donaldson v. Becket (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1774Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property (United Kingdom)
1774The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents (United Kingdom)
1774The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House (United Kingdom)
1774Macauley's A Modest Plea (United Kingdom)
1798* Beckford v. Hood (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1832Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature (United Kingdom)
1869Graves’ Case, London (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]