1504* | A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italy) |
1504* | Privilege Granted to Benedetto Bordon (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1546* | Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1556 (1555 m.v.)* | Privilege Granted to Antonio Floriano (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1556* | Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1735 | The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. (United Kingdom) |
1735 | Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy) (United Kingdom) |
1762* | An Enquiry into Literary Property (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1776* | Fragments on the Freedom of the Press (France) Commentary: [1] |
1785* | Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1790* | Petition by the printmakers and proprietors of copperplates to the National Assembly, May (France) |
1794* | Petition by citizen makers of plaster casts to the National Convention, 3rd March (France) |
1798* | Models and Busts Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1802 | 1802 Amendment (United States) |
1814 | Sculpture Copyright Act (United Kingdom) |
1821* | Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1838 | Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts (Germany) |
1845* | Court of Appeal on translations (France) Commentary: [1] |
1853 | Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom) |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill (United States) |
1861 | Fine Art Copyright Bill (United Kingdom) |
1861 | Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) (United Kingdom) |
1862* | Fine Art Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1870* | Copyright Act (United States) |
1878 | Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1899 | Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision (United States) |
1900 | Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision (United States) |
1902 | Bleistein's Brief (United States) |
1903* | Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. (United States) Commentary: [1] |