I missed one:
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Uh, no. Allowing learned men to "compose and write books" means the law was motivated by a desire to protect authors.
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Uh, no back at you. It means the law was motivated by a desire to
get some good works out of authors.
It could have done this by saying all learned men will be chained to a table and flogged until they produced some useful books. I think the protection approach was a better choice.
That's why it's "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning" and not "An Act for the Encouragement of Writing" or "An act to protect authors."
ApK