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> to stay ahead of copyright expiration Could you elaborate on that? I thought copyright was a much more recent idea.
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
> to stay ahead of copyright expiration
Could you elaborate on that? I thought copyright was a much more recent idea.
- ksenzee 3y agoIt dates to not long after the printing press was invented, but it was a much shorter period. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/pmla/article/abs/montaigne-monopoly-revising-the-essais-under-the-french-privilege-system/AF9EF83AF9D5773D235DC1502F37FB2E https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/pmla/article/abs/mon...
- kwhitefoot 3y agoNot really the same. Those were privileges granted one book at a time. As far as I can tell the Act of Anne was the first law describing the modern concept of copyright as a right not a privilege.