Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ...
by CuriousSkeptic on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:50PM
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It’s not without precedent though:
“copying restrictions were authorized by the Licensing of the Press Act 1662. These restrictions were enforced by the Stationers' Company, a guild of printers given the exclusive power to print—and the responsibility to censor—literary works”
“copying restrictions were authorized by the Licensing of the Press Act 1662. These restrictions were enforced by the Stationers' Company, a guild of printers given the exclusive power to print—and the responsibility to censor—literary works”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne