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Indeed. Copyright is ultimately an outgrowth of the privatization of government censorship in sixteenth-century England. For those interested, a readable summa
by tjaerv 13y ago
Indeed. Copyright is ultimately an outgrowth of the privatization of government censorship in sixteenth-century England.
For those interested, a readable summary of the history of copyright can be found at:
http://questioncopyright.org/promise http://questioncopyright.org/promise
Falkvinge himself also has a multi-part history of copyright blog series, found at:
http://falkvinge.net/2011/02/01/history-of-copyright-part-1-black-death/ http://falkvinge.net/2011/02/01/history-of-copyright-part-1-...
- davidw 13y ago> Indeed. Copyright is ultimately an outgrowth of the privatization of government censorship in sixteenth-century England. So when it appeared in 15th century Venice as a means to encourage authorship, we are to presume that it was Dr. Who who brought it there? Your history of copyright source is - I'm guessing - likely to be a little bit biased.