If every printer in the realm requires a licence from Your Majesty, copyright royalties are a great way to reward your most obsequious flatterers - and at the book-buyer's expense!
Every author who doesn't flatter you is simply deplatformed.
It was a great system (for those at the top), until some ratbag invented low-cost digital copying...
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npub1mt…3ueyt
2026-05-01 02:15:26 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…kzp4
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