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Originally Posted by DMB
The "book industry" you are talking about was tiny in comparison with what we have now. Not a lot of books were produced and the the readership was limited because so was literacy.
I don't see how you can make valid comparisons. You might as well go back to the era before printing. Copyright was not necessary when the only method for copying was long and laborious writing by hand.
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Mayhaps literacy was limited due to a small number of books?
Are you saying that if I copy a book by hand I should not be beholden to the laws of copyright? And if I use a mechanical device to augment my handwriting capabilities?