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 divine law

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1525Luther's 'Admonition to the Printers' (Germany)
1545* Luther's 'Warning to the Printers' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1591A publisher's 'Friendly Reminder' about reprints (Germany)
1663L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals (United Kingdom)
1690* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1738* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1740* Encyclopaedia Article on 'The Reprinting of Books' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1826* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission (France)
1834* Balzac's letter to authors (France)
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1859* Casado's PhD on Copyright (Spain)
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)