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 sculpture, protected subject matter

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1676* Decree on Sculptures (France)
1798* Models and Busts Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1799Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act (United Kingdom)
1814* Court of Cassation on sculptures (France) Commentary: [1]
1814Sculpture Copyright Act (United Kingdom)
1837* Prussian Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1840* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1841* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France)
1844* Saxon Copyright Act (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1844* International Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1844International Copyright Bill (United Kingdom)
1844H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill) (United States)
1846* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1851Anglo-French Copyright Treaty (United Kingdom)
1853* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1853Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright (United Kingdom)
1853British-American Copyright Convention Draft (United States)
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)
1868* Proudhon: 'Les Majorats littéraires' (France)
1870* Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1870* Copyright Act (United States)
1872* Supreme Court on Artistic Copyright (Spain)
1876* Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs (Germany) Commentary: [1]
1878* Royal Commissioners' Report (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1878Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom)
1879Copyright Consolidation Bill (United Kingdom)
1884Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France (Germany)
1886* International Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1]
1886Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union (United Kingdom)
1896Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States)