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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1690s* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1]
1725-1726* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1737* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1740* Encyclopaedia Article on 'The Reprinting of Books' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1751Tonson v. Walker (United Kingdom)
1774* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1776* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press (France) Commentary: [1]
1785* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1790* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1794* Contract between Schiller and Cotta (Germany)
1813Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1818Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)