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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1644Milton's Areopagitica (United Kingdom)
1650s* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges (France)
1690* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1690s* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1769* Millar v. Taylor (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1774The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents (United Kingdom)
1776* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1]
1840Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) (United Kingdom)
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1842* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) (United Kingdom)
1842Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) (United Kingdom)
1847* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1]
1851Anglo-French Copyright Treaty (United Kingdom)
1858Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee (United Kingdom)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1880* Kohler: Author's Right (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1880* Copyright Regulations (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1886Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union (United Kingdom)
1886Berne Convention (United Kingdom)
1890Report on H.R. 10881 (United States)