On Tuesday 31 July 2007 22:21, Larry Garfield wrote: > "Commercial publication" didn't exist as a concept until after the > invention of the printing press, which is when copyright was invented > in order to protect the business of the publishers.
Presumably you're talking about Europe, because in China where the printing press was invented I don't think they enacted any copyright laws until much much much later. -- Crayon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
