Once, you couldn't publish unless you agreed with the people who owned the presses Presses weren't all that uncommon -- every town could have its own paper, ma

Once, you couldn't publish unless you agreed with the people who owned the presses Presses weren't all that uncommon -- every town could have its own paper, maybe more than one. In the 20th century there were also typewriters, carbon paper, photocopiers, physical bulletin boards, open town squares, letters to the editor, subscription hand-mailed newsletters, ...