http://nuvatsia.terevaden.net/2007/09/05/intellectual-property-rights/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:45:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://nuvatsia.terevaden.net/2007/09/05/intellectual-property-rights/#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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