1469* | Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1501* | Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1511* | Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1515* | Galliot Du Pré's Privilege (France) Commentary: [1] |
1517* | Venetian Decree on Press Affairs (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1531* | Basel Printers' Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1556* | Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1586* | Simon Marion's plea on privileges (France) Commentary: [1] |
1650s* | Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges (France) |
1660* | Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1663 | L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals (United Kingdom) |
1666 | Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker (Germany) |
1690s* | Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1] |
1709 | Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons (United Kingdom) |
1725-1726* | Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1] |
1738* | Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1750 | Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders (Germany) |
1762 | A Vindication of the Rights of Authors (United Kingdom) |
1763* | Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1] |
1765 | Reich v. Pauli (Germany) |
1774 | Enfield's Observations (United Kingdom) |
1778* | Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1] |
1781* | 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: counter-petition and rulings (Italy) |
1790* | J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1799* | Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1809* | Baden Civil Code (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1813 | Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster (United Kingdom) |
1813 | Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1814 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) (United Kingdom) |
1818 | Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1830* | Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1834* | Balzac's letter to authors (France) |
1837 | Debates in Congress (United States) |
1838 | Address of Certain Authors (United States) |
1838 | Report, from the Committee on Patents (United States) |
1838 | Memorial of the New York Typographical Society (United States) |
1838 | Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston (United States) |
1840* | Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1843 | An Address to the People of the United States (United States) |
1846* | Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1848 | Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials (United States) |
1853 | Letters on International copyright (United States) |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill (United States) |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer (United States) |
1862 | Bretón de los Herreros' Copyright Contract (Spain) |
1868* | Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France) |
1868* | Colonial Copyright Extensions (Spain) Commentary: [1] |
1873 | Committee on the Library Report (United States) |
1874 | Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright (United Kingdom) |
1878 | Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1886 | Committee on Patents Report (United States) |
1888 | The International Copyright Bill (United States) |
1890 | Report on H.R. 10881 (United States) |
1896 | Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States) |
1896 | The Question of Copyright (United States) |