PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)


This is a freely-accessible, publicly-funded digital archive that collects together significant documents relating to the history of copyright law and practice. The documents have been selected by national editors, with the input of an editorial advisory board. Key documents are, where appropriate, transcribed and translated. The editors have written commentaries, explaining the reasons for selecting documents and their significance. The project was launched in 2008, initially funded by the AHRC in relation to 5 countries. Since 2024 it is supported by the AHRC as UK research infrastructure. The archive now extends to more than 20 (including historical and religious) jurisdictions and over 700 primary source documents. They can be browsed by date/language/jurisdiction, or searched.


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1547* French Censorship Act (France) Commentary: [1]
1552* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard (France) Commentary: [1]
1618* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1650s* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges (France)
1665* French book trade regulations (France)
1686* Book trade regulations (France)
1701* Royal letters patent (France) Commentary: [1]
1725-1726* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1762* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors (France) Commentary: [1]
1762* An Enquiry into Literary Property (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1763* Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1777* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting (France)
1778* Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1]
1814* Court of Cassation on sculptures (France) Commentary: [1]
1826* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission (France)