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Language: French

1507 : * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege (France)

1515: * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege ( France)

1531:   Francis I's letter patent to Pierre Attaignant (France)

1547: * French Censorship Act (France)

1551:   French Censorship Act (France)

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

1586: * Simon Marion's plea on privileges ( France)

1607:   General privilege granted to Pierre Ballard (France)

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

1649:   Book trade regulations (France)

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

1660: * Decree on Engravings (France)

1665: * French book trade regulations (France)

1676: * Decree on Sculptures (France)

1686: * Book trade regulations (France)

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

1701: * Royal letters patent (France)

1714:   Decree on Fine Arts (France)

1723: * Code de la Librairie (France)

1725:   French book trade regulations ( France)

1725: * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum ( France)

1725: * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum ( France)

1749: * Crébillon case (France)

1759: * Sieur d'Anville's contract (France)

1761: * La Fontaine case (France)

1762: * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors (France)

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

1764:   Parisian Booksellers memorandum ( France)

1769:   Avis aux gens de lettres (France)

1770: * Luneau de Boisjermain's case (France)

1776: * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press ( France)

1776: * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers (France)

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

1777: * Linguet's memorandum (France)

1777: * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting (France)

1778:   Decree on counterfeitings (France )

1778: * Pluquet's letters (France)

1779:   Séguier's report (France)

1780:   Beaumarchais's report (France)

1780:   Decree on Dramatic Literary Property (France)

1780: * Dramatic Act (France)

1786: * French Decree on Musical Publications ( France)

1790:   Boufflers' report (France)

1790: * Sieyès' report (France)

1791:   Beaumarchais's petition (France)

1791: * Le Chapelier's report (France)

1791: * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly (France)

1793: * French Literary and Artistic Property Act (France)

1810:   Imperial decree on the book trade (France)

1814: * Court of Cassation on compilations ( France)

1814: * Court of Cassation on sculptures ( France)

1825:   Merlin on counterfeiting (France)

1826: * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission ( France)

1828:   Court of Appeal on moral rights ( France)

1834: * Balzac's letter to authors (France)

1841:   Court of Cassation on artistic property (France)

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

1842: * Court of Cassation on artistic property (France)

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

1845:   Court of Appeal on right of publication (France)

1845: * Court of Appeal on translations (France )

1851: * SACEM's act of constitution (France)

1852: * French International Copyright Act ( France)

1853:   Court of Cassation on translations (France)

1854:   Literary and Artistic Property Act (France)

1857:   Court of cassation on originality (France)

1861: * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news (France)

1862: * Court of Cassation on photography ( France)

1862: * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" (France)

1866:   Reports of Riché, Perras, Sainte-Beuve. (France)

1866: * Literary and artistic property act ( France)

1867: * Cour de Cassation on moral rights ( France)

1869: * Court of Cassation on originality ( France)

1872:   Morillot on the personal right of publication (France)

1878: * Morillot on the author's right (France)

1887: Court of Cassation on international copyright (France)

1902: * Court of Cassation on moral rights ( France)

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