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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1783Petition of John Ledyard (United States)
1813Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1818Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1826Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster (United States)
1837* Senate Report (United States)
1837Petition of British Authors (United States)
1837Debates in Congress (United States)
1838Address of Certain Authors (United States)
1838Report, from the Committee on Patents (United States)
1838Memorial of the New York Typographical Society (United States)
1838Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston (United States)
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1842Memorial of a Number of Persons Concerned in Printing and Publishing (United States)
1847* Foreign Reprints Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1848Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials (United States)
1852Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) (United Kingdom)
1852Copyright and Natural Right (United States)
1853Letters on International copyright (United States)
1853British-American Copyright Convention Draft (United States)
1854* Jeffreys v. Boosey (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1862Southern Feeling (United States)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1870Committee Report on S.703 (United States)
1872Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright (United Kingdom)
1873Committee on the Library Report (United States)
1874Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright (United Kingdom)
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1885Carte v. Duff (United States)
1886* International Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1886Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union (United Kingdom)
1886Committee on Patents Report (United States)
1888American Authors and British Pirates (United States)
1890Report on H.R. 10881 (United States)
1896Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States)
1896The Question of Copyright (United States)