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Originally Posted by barryem
I just googled the beginning of copyright and it seems that it began with the Statue of Anne in 1710.
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To expand on my last post in a way possibly more relevant to most readers here:
1710 - Start of English copyright
1719 - First memorable English novel (
Robinson Crusoe)
Nine years isn't an exact correlation. It could have been a coincidence. I can't find any evidence Defoe got an advance before writing it
