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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1474* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1486* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1545* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1604* Petition for licence and privilege by Cervantes (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1605* Don Quixote’s Privilege (Spain)
1605* Don Quixote’s Privilege Extensions (Spain)
1666Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker (Germany)
1721* Burnet v. Chetwood (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1777* Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1777* Bach v. Longman (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1778* Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1]
1785* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1787* Calico Printers' Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1790* Copyright Act (United States) Commentary: [1]
1793* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1794* Prussian Statute Book (ALR) (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1814* Court of Cassation on sculptures (France) Commentary: [1]
1814* Court of Cassation on compilations (France) Commentary: [1]
1832* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1838Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) (United Kingdom)
1841* Folsom v. Marsh (United States) Commentary: [1]
1843An Address to the People of the United States (United States)
1846Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus (Germany)
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1853* Stowe v. Thomas (United States) Commentary: [1]
1857* Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1862* Court of Cassation on photography (France) Commentary: [1]
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1869* Court of Cassation on originality (France) Commentary: [1]
1876Book Printer H. J. Jensen vs. The Poet Henrik Ibsen (Scandinavia)
1877* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1878* Morillot on the author's right (France)
1879Baker's Argument (United States)
1883Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony (United States)
1883Sarony's Brief (United States)
1883Burrow-Giles' Brief (United States)
1891Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. (United States)
1893Falk v. Donaldson (United States)
1896Regarding Norway’s Accession to the Berne Convention (Scandinavia)
1900Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision (United States)
1902Bleistein's Brief (United States)
1902Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief (United States)
1903* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. (United States) Commentary: [1]