UK

1

1518

Richard Pynson’s Privilege for printing The Pope's Bulle

2

1538

A Proclamation Prohibiting Unlicensed Printing of Scripture

3

1553

Richard Tottell's Patent for Printing Books of Common Law

3.1

1547-1580

Printing Privileges [various]

4

1557

Stationer's Royal Charter

5

1559

Elizabethan Injunctions

6

1559

John Day's Printing Privilege for The Cosmographical Glass

7

1566

Star Chamber Decree

8

1586

Star Chamber Decree

9

1624

Statute of Monopolies

10

1637

Star Chamber Decree

11

1643

The humble Remonstrance of the Company of Stationers to the High Court of Parliament

11.1

1643

Ordinance for the regulation of Printing

11.2

1647

Ordinance against unlicensed or scandalous Pamphlets, and for the better Regulating of Printing

11.3

1649

An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, and for better regulating of Printing

11.4

1653

An Act for reviving of a former Act, entitled, An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and; Pamphlets, and for Regulating of Printing, with some Additions and Explanations

12

1662

Licensing Act

12.1

1663

Roger L’Estrange, Considerations and Proposals in Order to the Regulation of the Press: Together with Diverse Instances of Treasonous and Seditious Pamphlets, Proving the Necessity Thereof

12.2

1693

John Locke, Memorandum on the 1662 Act

12.3

1695

Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act [Journal of the House of Commons]

13

1667

Milton's Contract with Samuel Simmons

14

1690

John Locke, The Second Treatise on Government [selected extracts]

15

1704

Daniel Defoe, An Essay on the Regulation of the Press

16

1710

Statute of Anne

16.1

1706

Reasons Humbly Offer'd for a Bill for the Encouragement of Learning, and Improvement of Printing

16.2

1709

Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning

16.3

1709

More Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons, for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning

16.4

1709

Reasons Humbly Offered to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons, Relating to the Bill, For Securing Property in Books

16.5

1710

A Bill for Encouragement of Learning, and for Securing the Properties of Copies of Books to the Rightful Owners Thereof

17

1721

Burnet v. Chetwood

17.1

1721

Burnet v. Chetwood [Material from The National Archives]

18

1735

Engravers Act

18.1

1735

The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. stated in a Letter to a member of Parliament

18.2

1766

Engravers Act 1766

18.3

1777

Engravers Act 1777

19

1737

Baller v. Watson

20

1737

Bill for the Better Encouragement of Learning

21

1741

Gyles v. Wilcox

21.1

1741

Gyles v. Wilcox [Alternative Report]

21.2

1741

Samuel Johnson, "Considerations on the Case of Dr.Trapp’s Sermons, abridged by Mr. Cave, 1739"

22

1741

Pope v. Curl

22.1

1741

Pope v. Curl [Material from The National Archives]

23

1747

William Warburton, A letter from an author, to a Member of Parliament, concerning Literary Property

24

1762

Tonson v. Collins

24.1

1761

Tonson v. Collins

24.2

1766

William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, vol.II [selected extracts]

25

1762

Anon., An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Property

25.1

1762

Anon., A Vindication of the Exclusive Rights of Authors, to their own works

26

1769

Millar v. Taylor

27

1773

Hinton v. Donaldson

28

1774

Donaldson v. Becket [Hansard, 17 (1771-1774) 953-1003]

28.1

1774

The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents in the Cause of Literary Property

28.2

1774

The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House of Lords in the great case concerning Literary Property

28.3

1774

An Act for the Relief of Booksellers and others

29

1774

Francis Hargrave, An Argument in Defence of Literary Property

29.1

1774

William Enfield, Observations on Literary Property

29.2

1774

Catherine Macauley, A Modest Plea for the Property of Copyright

29.3

1774

Stella, Modest Exceptions from the Court of Parnassus, to Mr Macauley's Modest Plea

30

1775

Stationers Company v. Carnan

31

1777

Bach v. Longman

32

1787

Calico Printers' Act

33

1798

Beckford v. Hood

34

1798

Models and Busts Act

34.1

1799

George Garrard, A Copy of the Documents, &c. respecting An Act of Parliament …

34.2

1814

Sculpture Copyright Act

34.3

1753

William Hogarth, The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1

35

1801

Copyright Act

35.1

1801

Bill for the further Encouragement of Learning …

35.2

1836

Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act

36

1814

Copyright Act

36.1

1805

Basil Montagu, Enquiries and Observations respecting the University Library

36.2

1812

Petition of the London Booksellers

36.3

1813, 11 March

Petition and Debates in the Commons

36.4

1813

Petition of the Edinburgh Booksellers

36.5

1813

Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning

36.6

1813

Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

36.7

1814, 10 May

Debates in the Commons

36.8

1814, 19 May

Debates in the Commons

36.9

1814, 12 July

Debates in the Commons

36.10

1814, 18 July

Debates in the Commons

36.11

1814, 18 May

Bill to amend Acts for Encouragement of Learning

36.12

1814, 7 June

Bill to amend Acts for Encouragement of Learning

36.13

1814, 12 July

Bill to amend Acts for Encouragement of Learning

36.14

1814, 15 July

Bill to amend Acts for Encouragement of Learning

36.15

1818

Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

36.16

1818

Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

37

1828

Robert Maugham, A Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property

38

1833

Dramatic Literary Property Act

38.1

1830

Bill to alter and extend Act with respect to Dramatic Writings

38.2

1832, 31 May

Debates in the Commons

38.3

1833, 12 March

Debates in the Commons

38.4

1833, 24 July

Debates in the Commons

38.5

1833

Bill to amend Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Property

39

1835

Lectures Publication Act

39.1

1835, 24 Aug.

Debates in the Commons

39.2

1835, 26 Aug.

Debates in the Commons

39.3

1835

Bill, intituled, Act for preventing Publication of Lectures without Consent

40

1838

International Copyright Act

40.1

1838, 20 March

Debates in the Commons

40.2

1838, 19 July

Debates in the Lords

41

1842

John J. Lowndes, An Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

42

1842

Copyright Amendment Act

42.1

1838, 25 April

Debates in the Commons

42.2

1838, 9 May

Debates in the Commons

42.3

1838, 6 June

Debates in the Commons

42.4

1838, 27 Feb.

Bill to amend Law of Copyright

42.5

1838, 6 June

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (as amended by Committee)

42.6

1838, 14 Dec.

Debates in the Commons

42.7

1839, 27 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

42.8

1839, 1 May

Debates in the Commons

42.9

1839, 9 July

Debates in the Commons

42.10

1839, 12 Feb.

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (as amended by Committee)

42.11

1840, 4 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

42.12

1840, 14 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

42.13

1840, 8 July

Debates in the Commons

42.14

1840, 11 Feb.

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (as amended by Committee)

42.15

1841, 27 Jan.

Debates in the Commons

42.16

1841, 29 Jan.

Debates in the Commons

42.17

1841, 5 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

42.18

1841, 29 Jan.

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (as amended by Committee)

42.19

1842, 8 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

42.20

842, 21 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

42.21

1842, 3 March

Debates in the Commons

42.22

1842, 16 March

Debates in the Commons

42.23

1842, 23 March

Debates in the Commons

42.24

1842, 6 April

Debates in the Commons

42.25

1842, 20 April

Debates in the Commons

42.26

1842, 9 May

Debates in the Lords

42.27

1842, 26 May

Debates in the Lords

42.28

1842, 4 March

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (as amended by Committee)

42.29

1842, 23 March

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (as amended by Committee)

42.30

1842, 21 April

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (on re-commitment)

42.32

1842, 27 June

Bill to amend Law of Copyright (Amendments made by the Lords)

43

1844

International Copyright Act

43.1

1844

Bill to amend Law relating to International Copyright

44

1847

Foreign Reprints Act

44.1

1847

Bill to amend Law relating to Protection in Colonies of Works entitled to Copyright in the United Kingdom

44.2

1847

Correspondence and Papers on the Colonial Copyright Act

44.3

1847

Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

44.4

1857

Return of Colonies and British Possessions in favour of which Orders in Council have been issued suspending Prohibition of Importation of Reprints of British Copyright Works

45

1852

International Copyright Act

45.1

1852, 13 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

45.2

1852, 30 April

Debates in the Lords

46

1854

Jeffreys v. Boosey

47

1862

Fine Arts Copyright Act

47.1

1853

Roberton Blaine, On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects

47.2

1858

Artistic Copyright: Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee to the Council of the Society of Arts

47.3

1861, 6 May

Debates in the Commons

47.4

1861

Bill for amending Law relating to Copyright in Works of Fine Art

47.5

1862, 28 Feb.

Debates in the Commons

47.6

1862, 6 March

Debates in the Commons

47.7

1862, 20 March

Debates in the Commons

47.8

1862, 31 March

Debates in the Commons

47.9

1862, 22 May

Debates in the Lords

47.10

1862, 23 May

Debates in the Lords

47.11

1862, 5 June

Debates in the Lords

47.12

1862, 24 July

Debates in the Commons

47.13

1862, 27 Feb.

Bill for amending Law relating to Copyright in Works of Fine Art

47.14

1862, 20 March

Bill for amending Law relating to Copyright in Works of Fine Art

48

1870

Walter Arthur Copinger, The Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art

49

1878

Report of the Royal Copyright Commissioners

49.1

1878

Report of the Royal Copyright Commissioners: Minutes of Evidence

49.2