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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1486* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege (Italy) Commentary: [1]
1504* Privilege Granted to Benedetto Bordon (Italy)
1517* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs (Italy)
1546* Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) (Italy)
1556 (1555 m.v.)* Privilege Granted to Antonio Floriano (Italy)
1556* Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy)
1657Preface to Silesius's Chant Book (Germany)
1660* Decree on Engravings (France)
1690* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1762* Tonson v. Collins (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1772William Billings' Second Petition (United States)
1773Information for Alexander Donaldson (United Kingdom)
1777* Linguet's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1]
1787* Calico Printers' Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1793* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1814* Court of Cassation on sculptures (France) Commentary: [1]
1814* Court of Cassation on compilations (France) Commentary: [1]
1815* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1821* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1828* Maugham's Treatise (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1834* Wheaton v. Peters (United States)
1837* Prussian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1840* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1846* Austrian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1847* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1]
1852Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) (United Kingdom)
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1853Letters on International copyright (United States)
1857* Wächter: 'Publishing Right' (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1857* Anglo-Spanish Copyright Treaty (Spain) Commentary: [1]
1861Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) (United Kingdom)
1862* Court of Cassation on photography (France) Commentary: [1]
1862* Fine Art Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1862Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May) (United Kingdom)
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1869* Court of Cassation on originality (France) Commentary: [1]
1870* Copyright Act for the German Empire (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1876* Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1876Act on the Protection of Written Property, Norway (Scandinavia)
1877* Swedish Copyright Act (Scandinavia) Commentary: [1]
1879* Drone on Copyright (United States)
1879Selden's Argument (United States)
1879Baker's Argument (United States)
1880* Kohler: Author's Right (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1880Franco-Spanish Bilateral Copyright Treaty (Spain)
1883Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony (United States)
1883Sarony's Brief (United States)
1883Burrow-Giles' Brief (United States)
1885Carte v. Duff (United States)
1893Falk v. Donaldson (United States)
1896Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States)
1896Debate in Congress (United States)
1900Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision (United States)
1902Bleistein's Brief (United States)
1902Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief (United States)
1903* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. (United States) Commentary: [1]