In the US the basis for copyright law was established in the Constitution. For this reason Article 1 section 8 clause 8 has become known as the "copyright clause".
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
It was proposed on August 18th, 1787 and ratified for inclusion on September 17th, 1787
The "first copyright" was granted by the monarchy, and lasted as long as the author or artist had favor with the court.
In the United States the basis for copyright law was written into the Constitution (Article 1, section 8, clause 8)
The first book was published in 1992.
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Modern copyright can be traced to the Statute of Anne, 1709. Prior to that, the right to copy was granted to printers rather than authors, and was used almost exclusively for censorship.
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The notion of "copyright" didn't exist until probably at the earliest the Licensing of the Press Act of 1662, so Romeo and Juliet was not copyrighted. Even if it had been, it would certainly be out of copyright now; Disney wasn't around to lobby Congress to keep extending copyright protection back then.