Abstract:Britain between 17th and 18th centuries witnessed the making of modern copyright Meanwhile, many constitutional affairs stood out, the most important of which is copyright’s change from privilege to private right This change is owning to Parliament’s limit to Emperors’ privileges on one hand, on the other hand, thanks to inner conflict of stationer’s interest Divorce of jurisdiction and governmentgubernaculum provides a solid foundation for justifying the limitations to privileges The House of Lords holds copyright is a statutory right, not a common right Three approaches, ie nature right, incentive policy and fairness, emerged in earlier cases when justifying copyright The formation of modern copyright constitutes a part of political and institutional change of Britain then