https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright > The origin of copyright law in most European countr

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright > The origin of copyright law in most European countries lies in efforts by the church and governments to regulate and control the output of printers. I'll confess to assuming that that's why they wanted to regulate the output of printers. But what non-cenaorship reason could they possibly have had for wanting to do so?