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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1553* Totell's Printing Patent Commentary: [1]
1558Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid
1559Day's The Cosmographical Glass
1559* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Commentary: [1]
1559Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books
1559Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters
1559Totell's patent for Common Law Books
1647Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets
1662* Licensing Act Commentary: [1]
1662Licensing Act (parchment copy)
1710* Statute of Anne Commentary: [1]
1735* Engravers' Copyright Act Commentary: [1]
1735The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c.
1735Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy)
1737An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)
1766Engravers' Copyright Act
1769* Millar v. Taylor Commentary: [1]
1773Information for Alexander Donaldson
1774The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents
1774Booksellers' Bill
1812Petition of the London Booksellers
1813Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster
1813Petition of the Edinburgh Booksellers
1818Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence
1832Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature
1832Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)
1833Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March)
1835* Publication of Lectures Act Commentary: [1]
1835Publication of Lectures Bill
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Commentary: [1]
1862* Fine Art Copyright Act Commentary: [1]