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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All documents: Keyword defamation

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1501* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1518* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1531* Basel Printers' Statute (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1538* Henrician Proclamation (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1553* Totell's Printing Patent (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1559* Elizabethan Injunctions (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1618* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade (France) Commentary: [1]
1624* Statute of Monopolies (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1637* Star Chamber Decree (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1643An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing (United Kingdom)
1647Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets (United Kingdom)
1649An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets (United Kingdom)
1653An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act] (United Kingdom)
1660* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1663L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals (United Kingdom)
1686* Book trade regulations (France)
1693Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act (United Kingdom)
1695Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act (United Kingdom)
1713* 'Books Constitution' of Emperor Rudolf II (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1713Augsburg Printers' Ordinance (Germany)
1724* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1725-1726* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1770* Luneau de Boisjermain's case (France)
1773Rescript on Post-Publication Censorship (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1777* Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1785* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1786Georgia Copyright Statute (United States)
1786New York Copyright Statute (United States)
1794* Contract between Schiller and Cotta (Germany)
1799* Renewed Censorship Legislation, Denmark–Norway (Scandinavia)
1799* Renewed Censorship Legislation, Denmark–Norway (Scandinavia)
1810Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1812* Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance (Scandinavia)
1832* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1841Swedish Ordinance on the Limitation of Terms of Protection (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1853Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom)