View Single Post
Old 07-27-2009, 05:23 AM   #62
Jellby
frumious Bandersnatch
Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jellby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Jellby's Avatar
 
Posts: 7,560
Karma: 20150435
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Spaniard in Sweden
Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura
Quote:
Originally Posted by corroonb View Post
The first copyright law was for 14 years. Reasonable really.
When Don Quixote was first published (1605), it was granted a "royal privilege" (as was any other book legally published), meaning that only the author, or the publisher designed by him, had the right to print and sell the book. This privilege lasted 10 years.

That would be a printing patent, I guess.
Jellby is offline   Reply With Quote