http://nuvatsia.terevaden.net/2007/09/05/intellectual-property-rights/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://nuvatsia.terevaden.net/2007/09/05/intellectual-property-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-17745 Matti Vaittinen Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:18:26 +0000 http://nuvatsia.terevaden.net/2007/09/05/intellectual-property-rights/#comment-17745 In ancient Rome the publisher - the copier - did not pay the poet anything. If something was "printed" on paper - i.e. carved, copied, or written on a piece of material - that which was on that material was looked upon as belonging to the owner of that material. Thus, the poet starved. In ancient Rome the publisher – the copier – did not pay the poet anything. If something was “printed” on paper – i.e. carved, copied, or written on a piece of material – that which was on that material was looked upon as belonging to the owner of that material. Thus, the poet starved.

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