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Abbott, Charles (1762-1832); also: Baron Tenterdon; info: judge

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Abbot, George (1562-1633); info: prelate; Archbishop of Canterbury (1611-1633)

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


Abbt, Thomas (1738-1766); info: author; critic

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Abel, Karl Friedrich (1723-1787); info: composer; concert impresario

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman


Abernethy, John (1764-1831); info: surgeon

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act


Abree, James (c.1691-1768); info: printer

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Aconcio, Jacopo (c.1492-c.1567); info: Italian humanist; military engineer; political refugee to England

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets


Actors, Peter (fl.1485); info: King's printer

1518: United Kingdom
* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle

1553: United Kingdom
* Totell's Printing Patent

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass


Adams, Richard (1709/10-1774); info: judge

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket


Adams, Samuel (1722-1803); info: American revolutionary politician

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell (1826-1889); info: diplomat; Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); info: writer; politician

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Adgate, Andrew (d.1793); info: American musician; choral director

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


Adolphus, John (1765-1845); info: barrister

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Adrian Villaert (1490-1562); info: Franco-Flemish composer; founder of the Venetian School

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Aeschylus (c.525 B.C.-c.456 B.C.); info: Greek tragedian

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Aesop; info: legendary Greek fabulist

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan


Aguesseau, Henri-François d' (1668-1751); info: statesman; Chancellor of France (1717-1750, intermittently)

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade


Albert III (1414-1486); also: Achilles; info: Elector of Brandenburg

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg


Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472); info: Italian architect; poet; cryptographer

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets


Alciati, Andrea (1492-1550); also: Alciatus; info: jurist

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1545: Italy
* Decree on Author-Printer Relations


Alderson, Edward Hall (1787-1857); info: judge; legal writer

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Alembert, Jean le Rond D' (1717-1783); info: philosopher; mathematician

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Allen, Joel (b.1755); info: American silversmith; engraver

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


Allingham, William (1824-1889); info: journalist; editor

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Amerbach, Johann (1414-1513); info: printer

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Amerot, Adrien (d.1560); info: teacher of Greek; lexicographer

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Anderson, William (fl.1772); info: bookseller

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Anderton, William (d.1693); info: printer

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)


Andrea Torresani of Asola (1451'1529), info: printer; bookseller

1517: Italy
* Decree on Press Affairs


Andrea Torresani of Asola (1451-1529), info: printer; bookseller

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege


Andreae, Hieronymus (d.1556); info: artist

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


André, Johann Anton (1775-1842); info: composer; music publisher; publisher of Mozart's works

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Angelus Silesius (1624-1677); also: Johann Scheffler; info: poet; mystic

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief


Anisson-Duperron, Etienne (1748-1794); info: printer; director of the Imprimerie royale (1788)

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie


Anne (1665-1714); info: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-1714)

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum


Antico, Andrea (c.1480-after 1538); also: Andrea Antico da Montona; Anticho; Antiquo; info: music printer; editor; publisher; composer

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Antommarchi, Francesco (1780-1838); info: Napoleon's physician at St Helena

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Applegarth, Augustus (c.1788-1871); info: calico printer; silk printer

1787: United Kingdom
* Calico Printers' Act


Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274); info: scholastic philosopher; theologian

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges


Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); info: physician; satirist

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl


Archenholtz, Johann Wilhelm von (1741-1812); info: historian

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Archer, Thomas (fl.1620); info: printer

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


Argenson, Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d' (1696-1764); info: statesman; director of the Librairie (1737-1740)

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie


Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533); info: writer; poet

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege

1517: Italy
* Decree on Press Affairs

1545: Italy
* Decree on Author-Printer Relations

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher; scientist

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges


Arne, Thomas (1710-1778); info: composer; music performer

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman


Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888); info: poet; writer

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Artaria, Francesco (1744-1808); info: founder of publishing house

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Asher, Adolphus (1800-1853); info: Berlin bookseller; anglophile

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Ashurst, William (1725-1807); info: judge

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood


Aston, Richard (1717-1778); info: judge

1747: United Kingdom
* Warburton's Letter from an Author

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Astrue, John (fl.1753); info: lexicographer

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Atkyns, John Tracey (1706-1773); info: law reporter

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)


Attaignant, Pierre (c.1494-1552); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Auber, Daniel François Esprit (1782-1871); info: composer

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Augustine, St (354-430); also: Aurelius Augustinus; info: Church father

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege


Aumont (fl.1757-1761); info: publisher

1761: France
* La Fontaine case


Austen, Jane (1775-1817); info: novelist

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Austin, Stephen (d.1750); info: bookseller

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de (fl.1614); info: pseudonym of the author of the spurious second part of "Don Quixote"

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


Aylmer, Brabazon (c.1645-c.1719); info: bookseller

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Babington, Thomas (1758-1837); info: philanthropist; politician

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Bachofen, Johann Caspar (1695-1755); info: composer

1739: Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons


Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782); also: the 'London' Bach; info: composer

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); info: philosopher; essayist

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Badius, Josse (1462-1535); also: Jodocus Badius; Bade; info: printer; author

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Baillière, Hippolyte-Pierre (1809-1867); info: publisher

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Baillière, Jean-Baptiste (1797-1885); info: publisher

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Baker, William C. M. (fl.1867-1879); info: American auditor

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


Bakfark, Bálint (1507-1576); also: Valentin Greffius; info: composer

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Baldwyn, Joshua (fl.1781); info: Clerk of Stationers' Company

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan


Balesdens, Jean (d.1674); also: Ballesdens; info: scholar; editor; bibliophile

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Christophe (d.1715); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Christophe-Jean-François (d.1765); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Jean-Baptiste-Christophe (c.1663-1750); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Pierre I (c.1575-1639); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Pierre-Robert-Christophe (d.1812); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Robert I (d.1588); info: music printer

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballard, Robert III (c.1610-1673); info: music printer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Ballarin, Giorgio (d.1512); info: Venetian glassmaker

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets


Balthazar de Gabiano; info: Lyonnais printer

1503: Italy
* Warning of Aldus Manutius against Lyonese Typographers


Bancroft, George (1800-1891); info: American historian; US Minister in Britain (1846-1849)

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bancroft, Richard (1544-1610); info: prelate; Archbishop of Canterbury (1604-1610)

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions


Barbaro, Daniele (fl.1493); info: Italian publisher

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly


Barbaro, Ermolao (1454-1493/95); also: Hermolaus Barbarus; info: Italian scholar

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly


Barbin, Claude (c.1628-1698); info: bookseller; publisher

1761: France
* La Fontaine case


Barker, Christopher (1528/29-1599); info: Queen's printer

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Barlow, Joel (1754-1812); info: American poet; politician

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Barnardiston, Thomas (1706-1752); info: law reporter

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)


Barnes, Joseph (fl.1785-1792); info: American steamboat constructor

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause


Barnes, Thomas (1785-1841); info: drama critic; editor of "The Times"; reformer

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act


Barovier, Angelo (1405-1460); info: inventor of Venetian crystal

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets


Barovier, Marietta (fl.1460); info: Venetian glassmaker

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets


Barre, Jean-François de la (1745-1766); info: free thinker

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum


Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677); info: theologian

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Barrow, Thomas (fl.1630s); info: linen-draper

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Baskett, John (1664/65-1742); info: stationer; printer

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Baskett, Robert (fl.1746-1749); info: printer

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Baskett, Thomas (1701-1761); info: printer

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl (1714-1794); also: Lord Apsley; info: Lord Chancellor (1771-1778)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Baudelaire, Charles Pierre (1821-1867); info: Symbolist poet

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


Baudry; info: Paris-based publishing house

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Bayard, James Asheton, Jr. (1799-1880); info: Senator for Delaware

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Bayley, Daniel (1729-1799); info: American music publisher; organist

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


Bayley, Sir John (1763-1841); info: judge; legal writer

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); info: Protestant philosopher

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade


Bebel, Johann (fl.1530); info: printer

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Beckenhub, Johannes (c.1479); info: printer

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg


Becker, Rudolph Zacharias (1752-1822); info: publisher; author

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Becket, Thomas (1722-1813); also: Beckett; info: bookseller

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket


Beck, Leonhard, (c.1480-1542); info: painter; draftsman

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Bede, the Venerable, St (c.673-735); info: scholar; theologian; historian

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); info: composer

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Beier, Adrian (1634-1698); also: Beyer; info: Professor of law at Jena

1690: Germany
  Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges


Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798); info: American historian; clergyman

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Bellay, Joachim du (1522-1560); info: poet; humanist

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege


Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835); info: operatic composer

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bell, Thomas (fl.1783); info: inventor of cylinder printing; engraver

1787: United Kingdom
* Calico Printers' Act


Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547); info: poet; philologist; cardinal

1545: Italy
* Decree on Author-Printer Relations


Benedict, Sir Julius (1804-1885); info: composer

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Bentham, Joseph (fl.1740-1758); info: Cambridge University printer

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Bentley, George (1828-1895); info: publisher

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act


Bently, Richard (1662-1742); also: Bentley; info: scholar; critic

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Bergne, Sir John Henry Gibbs (1842-1908); info: diplomat

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Berg, Günther Heinrich, Freiherr vom (1765-1843); info: delegate at Frankfurt Diet

1837: Germany
* Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation


Berkeley, Sir William (1605-1677); info: Governor of Virginia (1642-1652, 1660-1677)

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Bernardo Giustiniani (1408-1489); info: humanist; writer; statesman

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege


Berthelet, Thomas (d.1555); info: King's printer; bookbinder

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass


Berthold of Henneberg (1441-1504); info: Archbishop of Mainz

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg


Bertuch, Friedrich Justin (1747-1822); info: publisher

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code


Betbéder (fl.1862); info: photographer

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Bethell, Richard, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873); info: Lord Chancellor (1861-1865)

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Beuchot, Adrien Jean Quentin (1773-1851); info: scholar; editor of Voltaire's works

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Bey, Gilles (fl.1586-1595); info: bookseller

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges


Bibliander, Theodor (1504-1564); also: Theodorus; Theodor Buchmann; info: Professor of theology at Basel; Orientalist; translator

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Biester, Johann Erich (1749-1816); info: librarian

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Bignon, Jérôme (1589-1656); info: councillor of state

1701: France
* Royal letters patent


Billings, William (1746-1800); info: American choral composer; tanner

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


Billon, François de (fl.1555); info: author

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege


Bingham, Thomas (b.1933); also: Baron Bingham of Cornhill; info: judge

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)


Bird, Robert Montgomery (1805-1854); info: American author

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Birkenhead, John (1617-1679); info: journalist; poet; Surveyor of the Press

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act


Birrell, Augustine (1850-1933); info: politician; writer

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Blackstone, William (1723-1780); info: legal writer; judge

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bladen, William (1673-1718); info: clerk of the Maryland House of Delegates

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Blaine, Delabere Roberton (1807-1871); info: lawyer; author of "On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects" (1853)

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Blanc, Etienne (1805-1874); info: jurist; author of "Traité de la contrefaçon en tous genres et de sa poursuite en justice" (1837)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


Blatchford, Samuel (1820-1893); info: American judge; reporter of decisions

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Bleistein, George (1861-1918); info: American publisher; printer; lithographer

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Blodgett, William (1754-1809); info: American cartographer

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


Blondel, Pierre-Jacques (1683-1739); info: author

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


Bodin, Jean (1530-1596); info: political philosopher

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges


Böhm, Hans (d.1476); info: religious revolutionary

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg


Boileau, Etienne (c.1200-1270); info: Grand-Provost of Paris

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); info: author

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract


Boisguilbert, Pierre de (1646-1714); info: Lieutenant General of Police of Rouen

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade


Boissier, Jean (fl.1504); info: bookseller

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege


Boker, George Henry (1823-1890); info: American poet; playwright; diplomat

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Boleyn, Anne (c.1504-1536); info: second wife of Henry VIII

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation


Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount (1678-1751); info: statesman; writer

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders


Bonafusus de Sancta Columba (fl.1236); info: Mayor of Bordeaux

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Boosey, Thomas (1794/95-1871); info: music publisher

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (1627-1704); info: churchman; orator

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Boswell, James (1740-1795); info: lawyer; diarist; biographer

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Boucicault, Dion (1820-1890); info: Irish actor; dramatist

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821); info: American lawyer; statesman; President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783)

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


Boufflers, Stanislas Jean chevalier de (1738-1815); info: statesman; writer

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Bourdalouse, Louis (1632-1704); info: churchman; orator

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Bourke, Robert, Baron Connemara (1827-1902); info: barrister; MP; Governor of Madras (1886-1902)

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Bourne, Nicholas (d.1661); info: printer

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


Bourne, Robert (fl.1586); info: printer

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Bourne, Samuel (1834-1912); info: photographer

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Bousset, Jean-Baptiste Drouart de (1662-1725); info: French composer; singer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Boydell, John (1720-1804); info: engraver; dealer in prints

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act


Boydell, John (1720-1804); info: engraver; printseller

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de, Marquis d'Argens (1703-1771); info: philosopher; courtier

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Boyle, Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753); info: patron of the arts

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915); info: novelist

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Bradford, William (1663-1752); info: English-born American printer

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Bradley, Joseph Philo (1813-1892); info: American jurist; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1870-1892)

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


Bragg, Benjamin (fl.1704); info: publisher

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press


Brant, Sebastian (1457-1521); info: author

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica


Bras-de-Fer, Jean, Sieur de Château-Fort (fl.1611); info: inventor

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Brauer, Johann Niklas Friedrich (1754-1813); info: jurist; editor of Baden Statute Book

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code


Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794); info: music publisher; typographer

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Brettell, T. (fl.1831-1838); info: music publisher

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Brewster, Benjamin Harris (1816-1888); info: American attorney

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Brie, Eustace de (fl.1507); info: bookseller

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege


Briot, Nicolas (1579-1646); info; coin engraver; inventor

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Britton, John (1771-1857); info: antiquary

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747); info: author

1739: Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons


Brockhaus, Friedrich (1800-1865); info: publisher

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Brönner, Johann Carl (1738-1812); info: bookseller; publisher

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Brooke, Henry (c.1703-1783); info: writer; playwright

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Brouault, Jean (fl.1646); info: alchemist

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); info: jurist; Lord Chancellor (1830-1834)

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Brown, George (d.1776); also: Lord Coalston; info: judge

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1466); info: Italian architect; goldsmith; sculptor

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Brunet, Anthelme (d.1835); info: publisher

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Brunfels, Otto (c.1488-1534); info: botanist; theologian

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph


Bruyset, Jean-Marie (1719-1793); info: printer; bookseller

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract


Bryce, James, 1st Viscount (1838-1922); info: jurist; Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford; historian; politician; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1886)

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837); info: writer; genealogist

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Bryer, Henry (fl.1812); info: bookseller

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Buckley, Samuel (fl.1710-1733); info: bookseller

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Buckner, John (1631-1695); info: English immigrant to Virginia

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Budé, Guillaume (1467-1540); also: Budaeus; info: scholar

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Buller, Sir Francis (1746-1800); info: judge

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Bullier; info: news agency

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Bullinger, Henry; info: author; reformer

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation


Bunyan, John (1628-1688); info: author; preacher

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders


Burckhardt, Jacob Christopher (1818-1897); info: Swiss historian; writer on the Renaissance

1474: Italy
* Statute on Industrial Brevets


Burgkmair, Hans, (1473-1531); info: painter; draftsman

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Burke, Aedanus (1743-1802); info: American soldier; judge; congressman

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


Burke, Charles

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); info: statesman; philosopher

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715); info: natural philosopher; headmaster

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)


Burnet, Gilbert (1690-1726); info: writer

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)


Burney, Fanny (1752-1840); also: Frances; Madame D'Arblay; info: novelist; diarist

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract


Burns, Robert (1759-1796); info: Scottish poet

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Busca, Ercole (d.1484); info: Italian typographer

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly


Bussi, Giovanne Andrea (1417-1475); info: librarian at the Vatican; editor

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly


Butterworth, John (fl.1814); info: bookseller

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Butter, Nathaniel (c.1583-1664); info: printer

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (1673-1743); info: judge; jurist

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Bürckli, Johann Heinrich (fl.1743); info: publisher

1739: Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons


Byrd, William (c.1543-1623); info: composer

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824); info: poet

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Cadell, Thomas, Sr. (1742-1802); info: bookseller

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Cadwalader, Lambert (1742-1823); info: American merchant; military officer; congressman

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


Caird, John (1820-1898); info: university principal; Church of Scotland minister; theologian

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act


Calcraft, Sir Henry George (1836-1896); info: Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Calvisius, Seth (1556-1615); info: composer

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Calye, Robert (fl.1558); info: printer

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass


Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl (1714-1794); info: jurist; statesman

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan


Cameron, Dr Charles (1841-1924); info: newspaper owner

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Campbell, Ilay (1734-1823); info: judge; politician

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861); info: MP; judge; Lord Chancellor (1859-1861)

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Campion, Edmund (1540-1581); info: Jesuit writer

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Canfield, John (1740-1786); info: American lawyer

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Canova, Antonio (1757-1822); info: sculptor

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Capen, Nahum (1804-1886); info: American bookseller; historian; postmaster

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


Cardon, the Abbé (fl.1802-1815); info: author

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Carey, Henry Charles (1793-1879); info: American economist; printer; publisher; protectionist

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Carey, Mathew (1760-1839); info: printer; pamphleteer

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881); info: historian; essayist; sage

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Carmer, Johann Heinrich (1720-1821); info: statesman

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Carnan, Thomas (1737-1788); info: printer; bookseller

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan


Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536); info: first wife of Henry VIII

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation


Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 8th Duke (1833-1908); also: Marquis of Hartington; info: politician

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Cave, Edward (1691-1754); info: printer; magazine proprietor

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)


Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861); info: statesman

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Cawood, John (1514-1572); info: royal printer; Master of Stationers' Company

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Caxton, William (c.1422-c.1492); info: printer; merchant; diplomat

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1518: United Kingdom
* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle

1553: United Kingdom
* Totell's Printing Patent

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Cecil, Sir Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903); info: Conservative statesman; Prime Minister (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598); also: Burleigh; Burchleigh; info: statesman

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Celtis, Conrad (1459-1508); info: author

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance


Certon, Pierre (c.1515-1572); info: French composer

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard


Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); info: Spanish novelist; playwright; poet

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914); info: statesman; President of the Board of Trade (1880-1885)

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Chambers, William (1800-1883); info: Scottish publisher; philanthropist

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act


Chanfrau, Frank S. (1824-1884); also: Francis; info: American actor; theatre manager

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Chapman, Frederick (fl.1870); info: publisher

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act


Chappell, Frederick (fl.1863); info: joint author of "A Handy-Book of the Law of Copyright" (1863)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Chappell, William (1809-1888); info: music publisher; antiquary

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849); also: Carlo Alberto Amadeo di Savoia; info: King of Piedmont-Sardinia (1831-1849)

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Charles I (1600-1649); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649)

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act