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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1837* Prussian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1838Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) (United Kingdom)
1838Address of Certain Authors (United States)
1838Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts (Germany)
1840Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) (United Kingdom)
1841Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) (United Kingdom)
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) (United Kingdom)
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) (United Kingdom)
1846* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1846Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus (Germany)
1847* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1]
1853* Stowe v. Thomas (United States) Commentary: [1]
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1857* Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1858Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee (United Kingdom)
1863International Copyright Resolution (United States)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1896The Question of Copyright (United States)