> So only a finite number of people would have access and it would be costly to re-publish or re-distribute that hard copy information. You hit the key point:

> So only a finite number of people would have access and it would be costly to re-publish or re-distribute that hard copy information. You hit the key point: information distribution has costs. It always has. And that cost always kept bad actors somewhat in check. Making information reproducible only in a local context was safe-ish. Until the internet of course. Now it's logged on every physical drive that happened to cache your information.