3 ms·literature was born without copyright. It won't vanishby fedeb95 1y agoliterature was born without copyright. It won't vanishapi 1y agoIt was born when physical books took years to copy, and thus could be sold for a lot of money. It was also often done, like many arts in ancient times, under patronage.fedeb95 1y agonot exactly. Literature existed way before physical books, as is the case of the Odyssey and other texts.