Primary Sources on Copyright revisited: a copyright history webinar on Papal Privileges and the Stationers' Register

Bently, L., Bergel, G., Cooper, E., Gadd, I., Ginsburg, J., Kretschmer, M. and Netanel, N. (2022) Primary Sources on Copyright revisited: a copyright history webinar on Papal Privileges and the Stationers' Register. Working Paper. UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre University of Glasgow (CREATe), Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6565021).

Abstract

This working paper presents an edited transcript of a copyright history webinar held on 15 December 2021, marking 15 years since the conception of the Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900) 1 digital archive. Giles Bergel (University of Oxford) and Ian Gadd (Bath Spa University) introduce Stationers’ Register Online (SRO)2 – a new resource that digitises the entries for the literary, musical and artistic works made in the Registers of the Stationers’ Company of London3 between 1557 and 1640. Jane Ginsburg (Columbia Law School) presents a new section on Vatican sources which she (and her team of Latinists) contributed to the Primary Sources digital archive, edited by Lionel Bently (University of Cambridge) and Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, University of Glasgow). The project presentations were followed by a panel discussion, joined by Elena Cooper (CREATe, University of Glasgow) and Neil Netanel (University of California at Los Angeles), two of the national editors of Primary Sources on Copyright. This working paper offers a reference point of wider interest. What should be the ambitions of a primary sources project? Can the history of copyright law be re-written? What is the role of history for policy?

• Item Type: Research Reports or Papers (Working Paper)
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Kretschmer, Professor Martin and Cooper, Dr Elena
• Authors: Bently, L., Bergel, G., Cooper, E., Gadd, I., Ginsburg, J., Kretschmer, M., and Netanel, N.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Publisher: UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre University of Glasgow (CREATe)
• Published Online: 14 July 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © The Author(s) 2022
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License