1650s* | Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges (France) |
1658* | Schupp: The Book Thief (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1667* | Milton's Contract (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1721 | Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer (United Kingdom) |
1725-1726* | Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1] |
1751 | Tonson v. Walker (United Kingdom) |
1761* | La Fontaine case (France) Commentary: [1] |
1763* | Diderot's Letter on the book trade (France) Commentary: [1] |
1777* | French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges (France) Commentary: [1] |
1778* | Pluquet's letters (France) Commentary: [1] |
1780 | Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges (Italy) |
1783 | Massachusetts Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | Maryland Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | New Jersey Copyright Statute (United States) |
1784 | Pennsylvania Copyright Statute (United States) |
1785 | Virginia Copyright Statute (United States) |
1786 | Georgia Copyright Statute (United States) |
1786 | New York Copyright Statute (United States) |
1789 | Ramsay's Petition (United States) |
1790* | Sieyès' report (France) Commentary: [1] |
1791* | Le Chapelier's report (France) Commentary: [1] |
1791* | Report of François Hell to the National Assembly (France) Commentary: [1] |
1792 | Purcell's Printing Privilege (United States) |
1793* | French Literary and Artistic Property Act (France) Commentary: [1] |
1813* | Rules to preserve the property of authors over their works (Spain) |
1814* | Court of Cassation on sculptures (France) Commentary: [1] |
1826* | Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission (France) |
1837* | Prussian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1837* | Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1838* | Remarks on Literary Property (Spain) |
1838 | Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) (United Kingdom) |
1838 | Copyright Bill (6 June) (United Kingdom) |
1839 | Copyright Bill (United Kingdom) |
1839 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) (United Kingdom) |
1840* | Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1840 | Copyright Bill (United Kingdom) |
1841* | Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France) |
1841 | Court of Cassation on artistic property (France) |
1841 | Copyright Bill (United Kingdom) |
1842* | Court of Cassation on artistic property (France) Commentary: [1] |
1842* | Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1853* | Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1857* | Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1861* | Confederate States of America Copyright Act (United States) |
1866* | Literary and artistic property act (France) |
1870* | Copyright Act for the German Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1876* | Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1877* | Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1878* | Morillot on the author's right (France) |
1879* | Copyright Act (Spain) Commentary: [1] |
1879 | Baker's Argument (United States) |
1884 | Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France (Germany) |
1891 | 50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876 (Germany) |
1902* | Court of Cassation on moral rights (France) Commentary: [1] |