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 property theory

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1531* Basel Printers' Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1690* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1710* Statute of Anne (United Kingdom) 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* Pope v. Curl (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1747* Warburton's Letter from an Author (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1749* Crébillon case (France) Commentary: [1]
1762* Tonson v. Collins (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]
1769* Millar v. Taylor (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1773* Hinton v. Donaldson (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1774* Donaldson v. Becket (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1777* Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1778* Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1]
1785* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1794* Prussian Statute Book (ALR) (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1799* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1809* Baden Civil Code (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1821* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1826* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission (France)
1827* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1828* Maugham's Treatise (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1832* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1834* Wheaton v. Peters (United States)
1834* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report (United States)
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1842* Court of Cassation on artistic property (France) Commentary: [1]
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1845* Court of Appeal on translations (France) Commentary: [1]
1847* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1]
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1859* Casado's PhD on Copyright (Spain)
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1869* Court of Cassation on originality (France)
1877* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1878* Morillot on the author's right (France)
1879* Drone on Copyright (United States)
1880* Kohler: Author's Right (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1888* Civil Code (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1902* Court of Cassation on moral rights (France) Commentary: [1]