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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1531* Basel Printers' Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1545* Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence (Italy)
1559* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1586* Simon Marion's plea on privileges (France) Commentary: [1]
1643* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1643* Establishment of the First Printing House in Norway (Scandinavia)
1658* Schupp: The Book Thief (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1686* Book trade regulations (France)
1704* Defoe's Essay on the Press (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1710* Statute of Anne (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1711* Legal Deposit at the Royal Library (Spain)
1725-1726* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1740* Encyclopaedia Article on 'The Reprinting of Books' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1741* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1762* An Enquiry into Literary Property (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1763* Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1774* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1776* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1]
1777* Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1781* 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: counter-petition and rulings (Italy)
1783* Connecticut Copyright Statute (United States) Commentary: [1]
1790* Copyright Act (United States) Commentary: [1]
1793* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1793* French Literary and Artistic Property Act (France) Commentary: [1]
1799* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1801* Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1809* Baden Civil Code (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1814* Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1815* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1821* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1837* Senate Report (United States)
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)