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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

copying an idea is a cost to the copier

i can't believe you don't know about the original copyright case

dude sat down for 3 months copying the vulgate, first english translation of the bible

guy who lent it to him sued him and the king ruled in favour of the owner of the book saying the book was like a cow and the offspring of the cow was his property

for real, you can look it up

3 months. imagine... 3 months you sat there with your quill and ink, spent who knows how much of your time and resources to copy this thing and then the king says the whole copy you made goes to the guy who lent you the book?

pretty steep rent bro

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Marakesh 𓅦 1y ago

I've never heard this story but it sounds plausible. I wonder if the owner who lent the Bible to the other guy knew he would be making a copy of it? 🤔

(The Vulgate is the first Latin translation of the Bible, though, unless you mean that this guy was translating the Vulgate into English).

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

probably there is a more detailed account of this incident and it is the origin of the abomination of copyright law

copyright is almost exclusively used by rentseekers and does not in fact benefit creators

just look at the huge publisher monopolies that exist and have existed throughout the 20th century... HMV, RCA, Warner Bros - many many movies and stories have been written about the exact subject of how the copyright law is abused to the detriment of creators