1586* | Simon Marion's plea on privileges (France) Commentary: [1] |
1660* | Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1667* | Milton's Contract (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1706 | Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning (United Kingdom) |
1709 | Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning (United Kingdom) |
1721 | Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer (United Kingdom) |
1721 | Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders (United Kingdom) |
1725-1726* | Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1] |
1737* | Booksellers' Bill (United Kingdom) 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] |
1741* | Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1741 | Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer (United Kingdom) |
1747* | Warburton's Letter from an Author (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1749* | Crébillon case (France) Commentary: [1] |
1761* | La Fontaine case (France) Commentary: [1] |
1761 | Tonson v. Collins (United Kingdom) |
1762* | Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors (France) Commentary: [1] |
1762* | Tonson v. Collins (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1762 | A Vindication of the Rights of Authors (United Kingdom) |
1763* | Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1] |
1766 | Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) (United Kingdom) |
1769* | Millar v. Taylor (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1774 | Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property (United Kingdom) |
1776* | Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1] |
1776* | Fragments on the Freedom of the Press (France) Commentary: [1] |
1777* | Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1] |
1778* | Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1] |
1780* | Dramatic Act (France) |
1783 | Continental Congress Resolution (United States) |
1789* | The Constitutional Copyright Clause (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1791* | Le Chapelier's report (France) Commentary: [1] |
1791* | Report of François Hell to the National Assembly (France) Commentary: [1] |
1791 | Beaumarchais's petition (France) |
1793* | Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1793* | French Literary and Artistic Property Act (France) Commentary: [1] |
1809* | Baden Civil Code (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1821* | Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1824* | Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1826* | Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission (France) |
1826 | Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster (United States) |
1826 | Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster (United States) |
1827* | Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1828* | Maugham's Treatise (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1828 | Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton (United States) |
1830 | Judiciary Committee Report (United States) |
1831* | Copyright Act (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1832* | Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1834* | Balzac's letter to authors (France) |
1834* | Wheaton v. Peters (United States) |
1834* | Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report (United States) |
1835 | Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.) (United Kingdom) |
1837* | Senate Report (United States) |
1837 | Petition of British Authors (United States) |
1837 | Debates in Congress (United States) |
1838 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) (United Kingdom) |
1838 | Address of Certain Authors (United States) |
1838 | Report, from the Committee on Patents (United States) |
1838 | Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston (United States) |
1841* | Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France) |
1841* | Folsom v. Marsh (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1842* | Court of Cassation on artistic property (France) Commentary: [1] |
1843 | An Address to the People of the United States (United States) |
1847* | A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1848 | Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials (United States) |
1852* | French International Copyright Act (France) |
1853 | Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom) |
1853* | Stowe v. Thomas (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill (United States) |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer (United States) |
1853 | Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe (United States) |
1853 | 'Uncle Tom' at Law (United States) |
1857* | Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1867* | Schäffle: 'Authors' rights as an artificial means for safeguarding remuneration and annuities' (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1868* | Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France) |
1869* | Court of Cassation on originality (France) Commentary: [1] |
1870* | Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1873 | Committee on the Library Report (United States) |
1878* | Morillot on the author's right (France) |
1879* | Drone on Copyright (United States) |
1879* | Baker v. Selden (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1880* | Kohler: Author's Right (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1883 | Sarony's Brief (United States) |
1884 | Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France (Germany) |
1886 | Committee on Patents Report (United States) |
1890 | Report on H.R. 10881 (United States) |
1896 | The Question of Copyright (United States) |
1902* | Court of Cassation on moral rights (France) Commentary: [1] |