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@johnnyb. None of the points which you make, even if they were fully accurate, make any difference whatsoever to the arguments put. The point is that the printing press was treated by various elements of the establishment as a threat, for obvious reasons. No one is saying that the threat was recognised immediately. However, I seem to recall that the printing press is credited with playing no small role in the success of the Reformation in the 16th Century. By 1662 in England we had the Licensing of the Press Act, which itself apparently only codified earlier practices.
I'm not clear why you believe Copyright is relevant to this issue, but what I believe to be notimp's points are not legal ones. And Copyright does not and never has protected mere ideas.
And you do mean Cerquiglini the French linguist? A quick search did not turn up anything on topic. Perhaps you would be kind enough to provide a link or at least a citation where I can find his writings on the matter.
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