The shocking history of copyrights

Pete writes “Eliot Van Buskirk’s article on ZDNet looks at the long history of familiar issues we grapple with today. ‘Technological advances have dogged content owners ever since a caveman first got conked on the head for ripping off the other guy’s yawp. We think these issues are new to our generation, but that’s just not the case. Now is a good time to take a trip down memory lane to keep things in perspective.'”