Primary Sources on Copyright History (1450-1900)

Authors

University of Cambridge
Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law

Document Type

Website

Abstract

This is a digital archive of primary sources on copyright from the invention of the printing press (c. 1450) to the Berne Convention (1886) and beyond. These include privileges, statutes, judicial decisions, contracts and materials relating to legislative history, but also contemporary letters, essays, treatises and artefacts from Italy, Germany, France, Britain and the United States, in Italian, German, French, English and Latin.

Publication Date

2010

Recommended Citation

University of Cambridge and Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, "Primary Sources on Copyright History (1450-1900)" (2010). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 181.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/181