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Re:Smallest Typeface (3x3) by kube-system on Friday December 29, 2023 @01:28AM (#38802271)
Yes, and they still existed when those laws were written. It would have been a strange shift to make overnight for any new printing presses, no?
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Re:Smallest Typeface (3x3) by eru on Friday December 29, 2023 @05:41AM (#38803638)
Well, before those laws you could presumably copy anything, and after that you had to get the author's permission.

(I say presumably, because most likely those laws replaced some earlier similar regulations.)

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