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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Core documents: Keyword privileges, printing

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1479* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1504* Privilege Granted to Benedetto Bordon (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1507* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege (France) Commentary: [1]
1515* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege (France) Commentary: [1]
1517* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1518* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1546* Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1550* Rema Ruling re: Maharam of Padua (Jewish Law) Commentary: [1]
1553* Totell's Printing Patent (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1556* Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1556 (1555 m.v.)* Privilege Granted to Antonio Floriano (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1559* Privilege for printing music for the Indies (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1559* Pérez v. Fernández de Córdoba (Spain)
1559* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1579* Notice of Rabbinic Reprinting Ban (Jewish Law)
1586* Simon Marion's plea on privileges (France) Commentary: [1]
1606* Reprinting Ban for Bedek Ha-Bayit (Jewish Law)
1650s* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges (France)
1660* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1662* Licensing Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1665* French book trade regulations (France)
1672* Usher's Printing Privilege (United States) Commentary: [1]
1713* 'Books Constitution' of Emperor Rudolf II (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1725-1726* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1725-1726* Louis d'Héricourt'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* The Danish Copyright Ordinance (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1744* Code de la Librairie (France) Commentary: [1]
1763* Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1766* The Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1777* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges (France) Commentary: [1]
1777* Bach v. Longman (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1778* Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1]
1780* 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: supporting documents (Italy)
1781* 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: counter-petition and rulings (Italy)
1781* Andrew Law's Petition (United States) Commentary: [1]
1785* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1791* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly (France) Commentary: [1]
1799* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1801* Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1812* Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance (Scandinavia)
1814* Court of Cassation on compilations (France) Commentary: [1]
1835* Sofer Responsum on Vilna-Slavuta Talmud Dispute (Jewish Law)
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1869* Court of Cassation on originality (France) Commentary: [1]