Copyright (and associated rights) have _always_ been about _control_. It's been that way since the 16th Century (with the creation of a monopoly of printing gi

Copyright (and associated rights) have _always_ been about _control_. It's been that way since the 16th Century (with the creation of a monopoly of printing given to the Worshipful Company of Stationers by Queen Mary I) through to the first 'modern' copyright act in the 18th Century, the Statute of Anne.