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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1504* Privilege Granted to Benedetto Bordon (Italy)
1546* Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) (Italy)
1556* Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy)
1618* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1660* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1673Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance (Germany)
1686* Book trade regulations (France)
1690Amendment to the Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany)
1704* Defoe's Essay on the Press (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1713* 'Books Constitution' of Emperor Rudolf II (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1713Augsburg Printers' Ordinance (Germany)
1773* Saxonian Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1785* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1806Reprinting Regulation for the Grand Duchy of Baden (Germany)
1814Sculpture Copyright Act (United Kingdom)
1830* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1837Petition of British Authors (United States)
1837Debates in Congress (United States)
1838Report, from the Committee on Patents (United States)
1838Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston (United States)
1840* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1844* Saxon Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1861Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) (United Kingdom)
1862Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) (United Kingdom)