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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1559* Elizabethan Injunctions Commentary: [1]
1586* Star Chamber Decree Commentary: [1]
1637* Star Chamber Decree Commentary: [1]
1643* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Commentary: [1]
1649An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets
1653An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]
1662* Licensing Act Commentary: [1]
1663L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals
1693Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act
1710* Statute of Anne Commentary: [1]
1710A Bill for Encouragement of Learning
1737* Booksellers' Bill Commentary: [1]
1737An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)
1769* Millar v. Taylor Commentary: [1]
1773Information for Messrs John Hinton et al
1773Information for Alexander Donaldson
1774Booksellers' Bill
1812Petition of the London Booksellers
1813Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster
1813Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence
1814Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)
1814Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)
1814Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)
1814Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)
1814Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)
1818Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts
1818Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence
1828* Maugham's Treatise Commentary: [1]
1837Copyright Bill (6 June)
1838Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April)
1838Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June)
1838Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)
1838Copyright Bill (6 June)
1839Copyright Bill
1840Copyright Bill
1841Copyright Bill
1842* Copyright Act Commentary: [1]
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Commentary: [1]
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)
1842Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)
1842Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)
1842Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright Commentary: [1]
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence