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Becket Act of German Confederation (8 June 1815) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Act of Union, 1800, 40 Geo.III, c.38 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Act to amend an Act of the 7th and 8th Years of the Her present Majesty, for reducing, under certain circumstances, the Duties payable upon Books and Engravings, 9 & 10 Vict., c.58 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Act to Protect and Regulate the Rights of Authors in Respect of their Works (No 2 of 1873) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Aliens Act, 1483, 1 Ric.III, c.9 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets 1649 1653: United Kingdom An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act] 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright An Act to impose a duty on Foreign Reprints of British Copyright Works, Canada, 1868, 31 Vict., c.56 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright An Act touching letters patent, 1555, 1 & 2 Philip & Mary, c.1 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing 1643 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Anglo-Belgian Copyright Treaty 1854 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851 1851: United Kingdom Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1853: USA "Uncle Tom" at Law 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Anglo-German Copyright Treaty 1886 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Anglo-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1846 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Anglo-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1856 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Anglo-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1860 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Anglo-Saxonian Copyright Treaty 1846 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Anglo-Spanish Copyright Treaty 1857 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Anglo-Spanish Copyright Treaty 1880 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Augsburg Printers' Ordinance 1713 1713: Germany Augsburg Printers' Ordinance Austrian Civil Statute Book 1811 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1846: Germany * Austrian Copyright Act Austrian Copyright Act 1846 1846: Germany * Austrian Copyright Act 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Austrian decree of 1775 penalising the reprinting of Austrian-published books 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1781 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Austro-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1840 1840: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Baden Statute Book 1809 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Basel Printers' Statute 1531 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Basel Printers' Statute (1531) 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Bavarian Copyright Act 1814 1824: Germany * Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Bavarian Copyright Act 1840 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights Bavarian Copyright Act 1865 1867: Germany * Mandry: Commentary on the Bavarian Copyright Act of 1865 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Bavarian Penal Law Book, reprinting provision (1813) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Belgian Copyright Act 1886 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill Belgian copyright legislation 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Belgian copyright legislation (1814, 1817) 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Belgian decree (23 September 1814), repealing all French laws on the book trade 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bermuda Copyright Act 1848 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Berne Convention 1886 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright British North America Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Vict., c.3 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright British-American Copyright Convention Draft, 1853 1853: USA British-American Copyright Convention Draft 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright British-American Copyright Convention Draft, 1869 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright British-American Copyright Convention Draft, 1880 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Calico and Cotton Printers' Act, 1789, 29 Geo.III, c.19 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Calico Printers' Act, 1787, 27 Geo.III, c.38 1787: United Kingdom Calico Printers' Act (parchment copy) 1787: United Kingdom * Calico Printers' Act 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Canadian Copyright Act, 1868, 31 Vict., c.54 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Canadian Copyright Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., c.53 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill Canadian Copyright Amendment Act 1886 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill Charte aux Normands 1315 1665: France * French book trade regulations Code civil (Napoleonic code) 1804 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1851: France * SACEM's act of constitution 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Code de la Librairie 1723 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Code Pénal 1810 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1851: France * SACEM's act of constitution 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Codex Augusteus (Body of Electoral Saxon Law, published in 1724) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, 28 & 29 Vict., c.63 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Comédie-Française regulations (Decree of 9 December 1780) 1780: France * Dramatic Act Comédie-Française regulations (1697) 1780: France * Dramatic Act Comédie-Française regulations (1757) 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1780: France * Dramatic Act Confederate Copyright Statute 1861 1861: USA * Confederate States of America Copyright Act 1863: USA Confederate States of America Copyright Act Amendement 1863: USA Hardee's Memorial Connecticut Copyright Statute 1783 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Copyright Act for the German Empire 1870 1870: Germany * Copyright Act for the German Empire 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1891: Germany 50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876 Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Copyright Acts for the German Empire 1876 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Copyright Act, 1775, 15 Geo.III, c.53 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1813: United Kingdom Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Copyright Act, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1813: United Kingdom Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June) 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1841: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1830: United Kingdom Dramatic Writings Bill 1830: USA Judiciary Committee Report 1833: United Kingdom Bill to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Property 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1835: United Kingdom Publication of Lectures Bill 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156&Legislation_referred_to_in_commentary> 1826: USA Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster Copyright Act, 1836, 6 & 7 Will.IV, c.110 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1847: United Kingdom Foreign Reprints Bill 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act, 1836, 6 & 7 Will.IV, c.59 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Copyright Law of 1805 (Spain) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Copyright Law of 1828 (Russia) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Copyright of Designs Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.100 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1879: USA Baker's Argument Copyright of Designs Act, 1850, 13 & 14 Vict., c.104 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Copyright of Designs Amendment Act, 1858, 21 & 22 Vict., c.70 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1879: USA Baker's Argument Copyright of Designs (Amendment) Act, 1843, 6 & 7 Vict., c.65 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Copyright Treaty between Britain and Hamburg 1853 1853: Germany Bilateral Treaty between Hamburg and Great Britain 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Copyright Treaty between Britain and Hanover 1847 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Copyright Treaty between Britain and Hessen 1861 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Copyright Treaty between Prussia and Württemberg 1828 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act, 1882, 45 & 46 Vict., c.40 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union County Courts Act, 1850, 13 & 14 Vict., c.61 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Customs Act, 1825, 6 Geo.IV, c.107 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) Customs Act, 1845, 8 & 9 Vict., c.93 1847: United Kingdom Foreign Reprints Bill 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, 16 & 17 Vict., c. 107 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Darmstadt Copyright Act 1830 1846: Germany Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777) 1777: France * French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1777: France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1780: Italy Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Decree of the King's Council (1665), regulating the French book trade 1665 : France * French book trade regulations Decree of the King's Council (1704), reducing the number of printing offices throughout France 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Decree of the King's Council (1725), regulating the Parisian book trade 1725: France French book trade regulations 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Decree of the King's Council (1739), reducing the number of printing offices in some French towns 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Decree of the King's Council (1744), applying the Code de la Librairie (1726) to all of France 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Decree of the National Assembly Abolishing the Feudal System, 11 August 1789 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Decrees of King's Council 1626, 1627 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum Designers and Printers Act, 1794, 34 Geo.III, c.23 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Directive of reciprocal protection within the German Confederation (1837) 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1846: Germany Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Disorderly Houses Act, 1751, 25 Geo.II, c.36 1830: United Kingdom Dramatic Writings Bill 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Draft law against offences which can be committed by way of printing and by the publication of writings and engravings 1790: France * Sieyès' report Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1885: USA Carte v. Duff 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Dutch book trade regulations in various provinces 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Dutch copyright legislation 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Dutch Law of 25 January 1817, relating to literary and artistic property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Edict of Charles VIII (1488), limiting the number of University booksellers 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Edict of Gaillon 1571 (regulation of book trade) 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Edict of Moulins (1566), obliging royal privileges for all first editions 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Elizabethan Injunctions 1559 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright English Copyright Bill 1838 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 1735: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy) 1735: United Kingdom * Engravers' Copyright Act 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1766: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1777: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1787: United Kingdom * Calico Printers' Act 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1883: USA Sarony's Brief 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Engravers' Copyright Act, 1766, 7 Geo.III, c.38 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Engravers' Copyright Act, 1777, 17 Geo.III, c.57 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1836: United Kingdom Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Fine Art Copyright Act, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c.68 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Foreign Reprints Act, 1847, 10 & 11 Vict., c.95 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1857: United Kingdom Return of Colonies and British Possessions on Importation of Reprints 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Franco-Bavarian Copyright Treaty 1865 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Franco-Belgian Copyright Convention 1861 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Franco-Belgian Copyright Treaty 1882 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill Franco-German Copyright Treaty 1883 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Franco-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1862 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Franco-Russian Copyright Treaty 1861 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Franco-Saxonian Copyright Treaty 1865 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Franco-Spanish Copyright Treaty 1853 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance 1660 1690: Germany Amendment to the Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance French Constitution of 1852 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French Copyright Act 1793 1793: France * French Literary and Artistic Property Act 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French Copyright Act 1895 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French decree abolishing feudalism and privileges (4 August 1789) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright French Decree on Music Publications 1786 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications French design regulations (1737), giving commissioning manufacturers a perpetual right of ownership to designs 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright French design regulations (1744) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright French design regulations (1787), stipulating registration of designs and limiting duration of ownership of new designs 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright French Imperial decree on the book trade 1810 1810: France Imperial decree on the book trade 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1830: USA Judiciary Committee Report 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1837: USA * Senate Report 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French International Copyright Act 1852 1852: France * French International Copyright Act 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates French law of 13 January 1791, concerning the works of living playwrights 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1791: France * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French law of 19 January 1791, declaring the liberty of the theatres 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French Law on Patents for Inventions 1854 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" French legislation on theatre censorship 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature French Literary and Artistic Property Act 1854 1854: France Literary and Artistic Property Act 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French Literary and Artistic Property Act 1866 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1896: USA The Question of Copyright 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights French Patents Act 1844 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights French royal declaration on sculpture and painting (1777) 1777 : France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures French royal decree on the fine arts (1714) 1714: France Decree on Fine Arts 1735: United Kingdom The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. French royal decree on the profession of engraving (1660) 1660 : France * Decree on Engravings French royal decree prohibiting the copying of sculptures (1676) 1676 : France * Decree on Sculptures 1777: France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting French royal edict on censorship 1547 1547: France * French Censorship Act 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum French royal edict on censorship 1551 1551: France French Censorship Act French royal edict 1563 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum French royal edict 1742 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade French royal edict 1754 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade French Royal Letters Patent (1701), on the book trade 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Friendly Societies Act 1875 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Georgia Copyright Statute 1786 1786: USA Georgia Copyright Statute German Federal Act 1815 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation German federal directive prohibiting reprinting, 1835 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation German Federal Directive (10 June 1845), instituting lifelong copyright and post mortem term 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright German federal directive (22 April 1841), on performance rights 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights German Law for the Protection of Trademarks 1874 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Germany-U.S.A. Copyright Treaty 1892 1892: Germany * Bilateral treaty between the German Reich and the U.S.A. German-American Copyright Convention 1893 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Golden Bull of Brabant 1349 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV (1356) 1608: Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Gotha directive 1828 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Government Annuities Act, 1864, 27 & 28 Vict., c.43 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill Hamburg directive 1847 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Henrician Proclamation 1538 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Hessen Copyright Act 1830 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Imperial Books Constitution 1608 1608: Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Imperial Charter (Reichspatent) 1746 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Imperial laws forbidding monopolies 1548 and 1577 1750: Germany Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders Imperial Statute Book (Reichspolizeiordnung) 1577 1713: Germany Augsburg Printers' Ordinance 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Importation Act, 1739, 12 Geo.II, c.36 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Indemnity and Oblivion Act, 1660, 16 Car.II, c.11 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Indian Act 1847 (Act XX: "An act for the encouragement of learning in the territories subject to the government of the East India Company") 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict., c.59 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1896: USA The Question of Copyright International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (24 July) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act International Copyright Act, 1875, 38 Vict., c.12 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence International Copyright Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., c.12 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Italian Copyright Act 1865 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 1662: United Kingdom Licensing Act (parchment copy) 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act 1695: United Kingdom Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief Licensing Act, 1685, 1 Jac.II, c.17 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Licensing Act, 1737, 10 Geo.II, c.28 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Licensing of the Press Act, 1664, 16 Cha.II, c.8 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Luxembourg Copyright Act 1817 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Magna Carta, 1297, 25 Edw.I, c.9 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Maryland Literary Property Statute 1783 1783: USA Maryland Copyright Statute 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Massachusetts Copyright Statute 1783 1783: USA Massachusetts Copyright Statute 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Meining directive 1829 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Models and Busts Act, 1798, 38 Geo.III, c.71 1798: United Kingdom Models and Busts Act (parchment copy) 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act 1814: United Kingdom Sculpture Copyright Act 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) Montevideo International Copyright Convention 1889 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Naturalization Act, 1870, 33 Vict., c. 14 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence New Hampshire Copyright Statute 1783 1783: USA New Hampshire Copyright Statute 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report New Jersey Copyright Statute 1783 1783: USA New Jersey Copyright Statute 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report New York Copyright Statute 1786 1786: USA New York Copyright Statute 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Newspapers, Printers, and Reading Rooms Repeal Act, 1869, 32 & 33 Vict., c.24 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright North Carolina Literary Property Statute 1785 1785: USA North Carolina Copyright Statute 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Norwegian law for the protection of literary property 1876 1878 : France * Morillot on the author's right 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance 1673 1673: Germany Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets 1647 1649: United Kingdom An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Papal printing privilege for Antonio Blado (1531) 1531: Italy * Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1532: Italy Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence" Papal printing privilege for Filippo Giunti's heirs (1531) 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 1883 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1618 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade 1649: France Book trade regulations 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1620 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1665 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1686 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1709: United Kingdom More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.83 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Peace of Westphalia 1649 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Peace of Westphalia (1648) 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Pennsylvania Copyright Statute 1784 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1784: USA Pennsylvania Copyright Statute Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, 14 & 15 Vict., c.93 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill Portuguese Copyright Act (18 July 1851) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Printers and Binders Act, 1533, Hen.VIII, c.15 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Prussian bilateral treaties with German states (1827-1829) 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Prussian Cabinet Order (1766), forbidding all reprinting 1766 : Germany Prussian Cabinet Order Prussian Copyright Act 1837 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1838: Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1846: Germany Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Prussian Statute Book 1794 (ALR) 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1830: USA Judiciary Committee Report 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Publication of Lectures Act, 1835, 5 & 6 Will.IV, c.65 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Rhode Island Copyright Statute 1783 1783: USA Rhode Island Copyright Statute Royal Edict of 27 June 1577 (forbidding the hawking of books) 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Royal Letters Patent of 1488 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Royal Letters Patent of 1586 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Royal Letters Patent of 1649 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Royal letters patent 1761, reorganizing the administration and financing of the Comédie-Française 1780: France * Dramatic Act Ruling of King's Council (1761), awarding a privilege to the granddaughters of La Fontaine 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Ruling of the King's Council (1749), in favour of M. de Crébillon 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Ruling of the Parlement of Paris (1657), forbidding new editions unless the work had been significantly enlarged 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Russian Council of State decree (1830), on the duration of copyright 1830: USA Judiciary Committee Report 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Russian Council of State decree (1857), extending duration of p.m.a. term 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Russian law, stipulating that photographs had to show the publisher's name 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Russian Statute on Censorship (1828) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Saxon code of common law 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Saxon Criminal Code 1844: Germany * Saxon Copyright Act Saxon Royal Edict 1661 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Saxonian Copyright Act 1844 1844: Germany * Saxon Copyright Act 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution Saxonian Statute 1686 1773: Germany * Saxonian Statute 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Saxonian Statute (1773), on regulation of the book trade 1773 : Germany * Saxonian Statute 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Sculpture Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.56 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Seditious Meetings Act, 1795, 36 Geo.III, c.8 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Small Penalties Act, 1868, 32 Vict., c. 25 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Smithsonian Institution Act 1846, 29th Cong. 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials South Carolina Copyright Statute 1784 1784: USA South Carolina Copyright Statute Spanish Copyright Act (10 January 1879) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Spanish Copyright Act (10 June 1847) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Spanish legislation on copyright, included in the "Novísima Recopilación de Leyes de España" (1806) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Stamp Act, 1870, 33 & 34 Vict., c. 97 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Star Chamber Decree 1566 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Star Chamber Decree 1586 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Star Chamber Decree 1637 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Stationers' Charter 1557 1684: United Kingdom Stationers' Charter Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood 1729: United Kingdom Gay v. Read 1737: United Kingdom An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft) 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Booksellers' Bill 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1783: USA Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. 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