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.




All documents: Keyword free trade

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1469* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1660* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1686Abolition of All Monopolies in the Book Trade in Norway (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1740* Encyclopaedia Article on 'The Reprinting of Books' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1762* Free Trade Regulations (Spain)
1763* Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1774* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1777* Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1778* Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1]
1781* 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: counter-petition and rulings (Italy)
1785* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1790* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1809* Baden Civil Code (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1830* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy (Germany) Commentary: [1]
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)
1853Letters on International copyright (United States)
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1896The Question of Copyright (United States)