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Core documents for Italy

1469 : Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1474 : Statute on Industrial Brevets

1486 : Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege

1498 : Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent

1503 : Warning of Aldus Manutius against Lyonese Typographers

1515 : Ludovico Ariosto's Printing Privilege

1516 : Appointment of Literary Censor, Andrea Navagero

1517 : Decree on Press Affairs

1531 : Antonio Blado's Privilege for Works by Machiavelli

1531 : Bernardo Giunti's Privilege for Works by Machiavelli

1545 : Decree on Author-Printer Relations

1545 : Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence

1549 : Decree Establishing the Guild of Printers and Booksellers

1590 : Giovanni Fratta's On the Dedication of Books

1596 : Motu proprio controversy

1603 : Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints

1780 : Niccolo Pezzana's Case

1781 : Pezzana's case: Sentence in Favour of the Author

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