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 for Germany: Keyword property theory, authors' property

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1660* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Commentary: [1]
1740* Encyclopaedia Article on 'The Reprinting of Books' Commentary: [1]
1793* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Commentary: [1]
1809* Baden Civil Code Commentary: [1]
1821* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property Commentary: [1]
1824* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books Commentary: [1]
1827* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers Commentary: [1]
1832* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Commentary: [1]
1857* Wächter: 'Publishing Right' Commentary: [1]
1867* Schäffle: 'Authors' rights as an artificial means for safeguarding remuneration and annuities' Commentary: [1]
1880* Kohler: Author's Right Commentary: [1]