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)
1515* Ariosto's Printing Privilege (Italy)
1545* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1545* Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence (Italy)
1546* Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) (Italy)
1556 (1555 m.v.)* Privilege Granted to Antonio Floriano (Italy)
1556* Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy)
1658* Schupp: The Book Thief (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1749* Crébillon case (France) Commentary: [1]
1770* Luneau de Boisjermain's case (France)
1783* Connecticut Copyright Statute (United States) Commentary: [1]
1790* Copyright Act (United States) Commentary: [1]
1791* Le Chapelier's report (France) Commentary: [1]
1793* French Literary and Artistic Property Act (France) Commentary: [1]
1814* Court of Cassation on sculptures (France) Commentary: [1]
1833* Dramatic Literary Property Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1837* Prussian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1840* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1856* Copyright Act Amendment (United States) Commentary: [1]
1870* Copyright Act for the German Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1]