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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1750New York Law Printing Privilege (United States)
1772Second New York Law Printing Privilege (United States)
1783Petition of John Ledyard (United States)
1784Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison (United States)
1786New York Copyright Statute (United States)
1828Letter from Donaldson to Peters (United States)
1828Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton (United States)
1828Letter from Peters to Donaldson (United States)
1834* Wheaton v. Peters (United States)
1834* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report (United States)
1837Petition of British Authors (United States)
1838Address of Certain Authors (United States)
1838Report, from the Committee on Patents (United States)
1838Memorial of the New York Typographical Society (United States)
1841Master in Chancery Report (United States)
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) (United Kingdom)
1843An Address to the People of the United States (United States)
1848Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials (United States)
1853Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom)
1853Letters on International copyright (United States)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1872Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright (United Kingdom)
1874Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright (United Kingdom)
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1882Oscar Wilde photograph (United States)
1883Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony (United States)
1883Sarony's Brief (United States)
1883Burrow-Giles' Brief (United States)
1885Carte v. Duff (United States)
1888American Authors and British Pirates (United States)
1890Report on H.R. 10881 (United States)
1891Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. (United States)
1893Falk v. Donaldson (United States)
1896Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States)
1896Debate in Congress (United States)
1896The Question of Copyright (United States)
1900Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision (United States)
1902Bleistein's Brief (United States)