Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900)

Core documents related to the history of copyright in the world form a digital archive of primary sources on copyright from the invention of the printing press (c. 1450) to the Berne Convention (1886) and beyond.  There is a very nice interactive timeline that indicates important legal documents relating to copyright law by language.  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing, Inc. (1903) is the last case listed for U.S. American English.  There is even a cartoon about the outcome of the Bleistein case. The site offers access to core documents for Germany, France, Britain,  Italy and the US.

http://www.copyrighthistory.org/