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 music publishing

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1498* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1552* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard (France) Commentary: [1]
1657Preface to Silesius's Chant Book (Germany)
1772William Billings' Second Petition (United States)
1772William Billings' Printing Privilege (United States)
1777* Bach v. Longman (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1781* Andrew Law's Petition (United States) Commentary: [1]
1786* French Decree on Musical Publications (France)
1790* Sieyès' report (France) Commentary: [1]
1829Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting (Germany)
1830* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1835* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1844* Saxon Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1845* Court of Appeal on translations (France) Commentary: [1]
1853Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom)
1854* Jeffreys v. Boosey (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1870* Copyright Act for the German Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1896Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States)