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ksenzee
on May 26, 2023
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Michel de Montaigne
It 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/mon...
kwhitefoot
on May 27, 2023
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Not 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.
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