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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I was actually thinking of the situation where scottish publishers were able to purchase paper at cheaper rates than publishers in england, and were then able to sell their texts cheaper than english publishers. Causing much wasted time and hilarity in the global legal system.
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Just illustrate the point that early copyright had absolute nothing to do with the public --- it was to limit competition between sellers, sort of like a patent.
Now these days, when everybody has their own "electronic printing machine", we obviously need stronger protection.