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Documents for France (* indicates core document)

1507 : * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515: * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1531:   Francis I's letter patent to Pierre Attaignant

1547: * French Censorship Act

1551:   French Censorship Act

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

1586: * Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1607:   General privilege granted to Pierre Ballard

1618: * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1649:   Book trade regulations

1650: * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges

1660: * Decree on Engravings

1665: * French book trade regulations

1676: * Decree on Sculptures

1686: * Book trade regulations

1690: * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers

1701: * Royal letters patent

1714:   Decree on Fine Arts

1723: * Code de la Librairie

1725:   French book trade regulations

1725: * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1725: * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum

1749: * Crébillon case

1759: * Sieur d'Anville's contract

1761: * La Fontaine case

1762: * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors

1763: * Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1764:   Parisian Booksellers memorandum

1769:   Avis aux gens de lettres

1770: * Luneau de Boisjermain's case

1776: * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1776: * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1777: * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting

1777: * French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1777: * Linguet's memorandum

1778: * Pluquet's letters

1778:   Decree on counterfeitings

1779:   Séguier's report

1780:   Beaumarchais's report

1780:   Decree on Dramatic Literary Property

1780: * Dramatic Act

1786: * French Decree on Musical Publications

1790: * Sieyès' report

1790:   Boufflers' report

1791: * Le Chapelier's report

1791: * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly

1791:   Beaumarchais's petition

1793: * French Literary and Artistic Property Act

1793: Baudin's report

1810:   Imperial decree on the book trade

1814: * Court of Cassation on sculptures

1814: * Court of Cassation on compilations

1825:   Merlin on counterfeiting

1826: * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1828:   Court of Appeal on moral rights

1834: * Balzac's letter to authors

1841: * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property

1841:   Court of Cassation on artistic property

1842: * Court of Cassation on artistic property

1844:   Act on the property right of playwrights' widows and children

1845:   Court of Appeal on right of publication

1845: * Court of Appeal on translations

1851: * SACEM's act of constitution

1852: * French International Copyright Act

1853:   Court of Cassation on translations

1854:   Literary and Artistic Property Act

1857:   Court of cassation on originality

1861: * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

1862: * Court of Cassation on photography

1862: * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1866:   Reports of Riché, Perras, Sainte-Beuve.

1866: * Literary and artistic property act

1867: * Cour de Cassation on moral rights

1869: * Court of Cassation on originality

1872:   Morillot on the personal right of publication

1878: * Morillot on the author's right

1887: Court of Cassation on right of property and on international copyright

1902: * Court of Cassation on moral rights

Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK