| Title: | Primary sources on copyright in five jurisdictions 1450-1900  |
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| Description: | This website 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”. Funded by the AHRC, this ambitious and extensive database includes digital images and commentary for key texts in the evolution of intellectual property law pertaining to five modern jurisdictions: Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the United States. Documents include “privileges, statutes, judicial decisions, contracts and materials relating to legislative history” as well as “contemporary letters, essays, treatises and artefacts”. Material was compiled by separate national editors, and limited to 50 core texts (20 for the USA and Italy covering a much shorter time period) supplemented by “many more” contextual documents. Inclusions were additionally scrutinised by an international editorial board. The development of copyright is outlined in its broadest sense, with documents relating to subjects as varied as the book trade, authorship, fine art, printed textiles, dramatic performance, telegraphic cable messages and photography. The database allows browsing several perspectives – documents are assembled into useful lists which can be traced as a global timeline or within specific jurisdiction, as well as enabling browsing by individual locations and authors. Documents can further be browsed by Institution, Legislation and Case law referred to. This resource is obviously invaluable to anyone studying the history of intellectual property law but its detailed commentary and clear structure make it useful to those studying a far wider range of historical subjects. |
| Keywords - controlled: | Arts and Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC); Britain; United Kingdom; United States; Germany; France; Italy; British; American; French; Italian; German; copyright; authors; designers; authorship; intellectual property; publishing; printing; laws (documents); statutes; history (discipline) |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | IP; copyright law; |
| Type: | Research centres and projects; Research related resources |
| URL: | http://www.copyrighthistory.org/ |
| Classification: |
Communication and media studies > Printing > Printing history Communication and media studies > Publishing > Publishing history Creative and performing arts > Cross-disciplinary studies > Teaching, learning and research > Research > Research projects and output Creative and performing arts > Design > Design history Humanities > Humanities - general Humanities > English > Printing / publishing Modern languages and area studies > European > English > Printing / publishing Modern languages and area studies > Europe > Europe by region / Country > Western Europe > France > History Modern languages and area studies > Europe > Europe by region / Country > Western Europe > Germany > History Modern languages and area studies > Europe > Europe by region / Country > Western Europe > Italy > History Modern languages and area studies > North America > History Modern languages and area studies > North America > Printing / publishing Modern languages and area studies > North America > United States studies Humanities > History > Intellectual history / ideas and learning Humanities > History > Legal history / law and order |
| Resource creator: | Bently, Lionel (Project Director), University of Cambridge |
| Resource creator: | Kretschmer, Martin (Project Director), Bournemouth University |
| Country of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Period: | 15th Century; 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century; 19th Century; 20th Century (1900 - 1945); 1450 - 1900 |
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