Actually way back when it's likely that a pound did go a lot further than it does in today's world. There was less to buy back then for one thing and no doubt many things were locally produced since not many people traveled far from home back then. He lived from 1608-1674 so the great voyages of discovery were still to happen for the most part. You can't buy what you don't even know exists, nor can someone else charge you a high price for a product that they themselves don't know of.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Interestingly Milton was in favor of abolishing copyright, from my reading of aeropagitica. Where does this 5 pounds figure come from? Would that have been enough to feed Milton for a few months? How long did it take him to write Paradise lost?
Maybe we don't need professional writers then? Copyright is an experiment, it is time to evaluate the data, and change course if needed.
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