The term copyright misguides your assumptions I think. Apparition of printers in China, long before Westen rediscovered it, didn't lead to that kind of laws. I

The term copyright misguides your assumptions I think. Apparition of printers in China, long before Westen rediscovered it, didn't lead to that kind of laws. I mean, cultural and social structures also play a meaningful part on what is enacted. The topic behind copyright is not simply about copy, it's about who benefit of some exclusive privileges on cultural works and what kind of social inequalities are enforcable by law.