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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1675* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's 'The Magic Bird's Nest' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1721* Burnet v. Chetwood (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1737* Booksellers' Bill (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1773* Saxonian Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1837* Prussian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1845* Court of Appeal on translations (France) Commentary: [1]
1846* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Great Britain (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1846* Austrian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1847* Literary Property Act (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1847* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1]
1852* International Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1853* Stowe v. Thomas (United States) Commentary: [1]
1854* Franco-Spanish Bilateral Copyright Treaty (Spain)
1857* Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1857* Anglo-Spanish Copyright Treaty (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1870* Copyright Act for the German Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1879* Drone on Copyright (United States)
1884* Orelli: 'Swiss Copyright Act 1883 with comments and appendices' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1886* International Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1891* International Copyright Act (The Chace Act) (United States)