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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1552Letter Concerning the Danish Bible (Scandinavia)
1637* Star Chamber Decree (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1643An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing (United Kingdom)
1693Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act (United Kingdom)
1799* Renewed Censorship Legislation, Denmark–Norway (Scandinavia)
1806Reprinting Regulation for the Grand Duchy of Baden (Germany)
1815* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1824* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1830* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1840* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1844H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill) (United States)
1853Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom)
1857* Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1858Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee (United Kingdom)
1861Fine Art Copyright Bill (United Kingdom)
1862Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) (United Kingdom)
1862Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) (United Kingdom)