i was reading about a Renaissance composer last night, and saw the phrase, 'was granted monopoly use of fonts by the Queen'. The Crown couldnt keep people from composing music, but they could monopolize control over the printing press fonts required to print the music for mass consumption, limiting reach.
The forces of centralized Empire and greed that the free people of the world are working to overcome are old animals. And each generation needs to hack away at the legs they stand on until they fall.
