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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1534Privilege of the Elector of Saxony (Germany)
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1773* Saxonian Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1815* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1818Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts (United Kingdom)
1827* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1828* Maugham's Treatise (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1844* Saxon Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1846* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1852Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) (United Kingdom)
1858Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee (United Kingdom)
1863International Copyright Resolution (United States)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1890Report on H.R. 10881 (United States)