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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1559Day's The Cosmographical Glass
1559* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Commentary: [1]
1624* Statute of Monopolies Commentary: [1]
1643* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Commentary: [1]
1644Milton's Areopagitica
1647Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets
1663L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals
1690* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Commentary: [1]
1693Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act
1695Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act
1704* Defoe's Essay on the Press Commentary: [1]
1709Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning
1710* Statute of Anne Commentary: [1]
1737* Booksellers' Bill Commentary: [1]
1737An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)
1761Tonson v. Collins
1762* An Enquiry into Literary Property Commentary: [1]
1762A Vindication of the Rights of Authors
1766Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)
1773Information for Alexander Donaldson
1774* Donaldson v. Becket Commentary: [1]
1774Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property
1774Enfield's Observations
1774Macauley's A Modest Plea
1787* Calico Printers' Act Commentary: [1]
1787Calico Printers' Act (parchment copy)
1801* Copyright Act Commentary: [1]
1801A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning
1818Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence
1828* Maugham's Treatise Commentary: [1]
1832Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature
1832Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)
1838Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March)
1841Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.)
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Commentary: [1]
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)
1852Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.)
1854* Jeffreys v. Boosey Commentary: [1]
1858Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee
1861Fine Art Copyright Bill
1862* Fine Art Copyright Act Commentary: [1]
1862Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.)
1862Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)
1862Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March)
1869Artistic Copyright Bill, London Commentary: [1]
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright Commentary: [1]
1872Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence
1879Copyright Consolidation Bill
1899Artistic Copyright Bill, London
1900Artistic Copyright Bill, London