Culture of the United Kingdom "The Guinness Book of Records" in August 1954. E. L. James' erotic romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", and "Fifty Shades Freed", have sold over 125 million copies globally, and set the record in the United Kingdom as the fastest selling paperback. Copyright laws originated in Britain with the Statute of Anne (also known as the Copyright Act 1709), which outlined the individual rights of the artist. A right to benefit financially from the work is articulated, and court rulings and legislation have recognised a right to control the work, such as ensuring that the integrity of
Bondage (BDSM) such as handcuffs or collars and concepts such as the safeword were included as a matter of course. "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" was an erotic trilogy published in the 1980s by Anne Rice which contained bondage scenarios, as part of a wide range of BDSM acts. Other examples of bondage erotica include Pauline Réage's "Story of O", Frank E. Campbell's books and the artwork of Robert Bishop. The "Fifty Shades" trilogy by E.L. James was first published in ebook in 2011 and subsequently went on to become a bestseller. The print edition of the first book, "Fifty Shades of