{"id":574,"date":"2022-01-21T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T09:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/?p=574"},"modified":"2024-07-31T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:14:21","slug":"2-letter-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2022\/01\/21\/2-letter-patents\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Patents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2021\/11\/King-Henry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King Henry VIII of England released that the power of printing was very great for stirring up trouble and that he needed to be in control of what was printed and read. In the early 16th Century, he began to issue <strong>Letters Patents<\/strong> to authorise only certain people to purchase a copy of books from authors (this is why we call it copyright) and publish them exclusively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Letters Patents are not to be confused with the modern meaning of \u2018patent\u2019, which is a protection for your invention that gives you the right to take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports it without your permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from giving privileges to specific printers, thus retaining control of what was being made available for people to read, Letters Patents prevented competition in the very early printing industry and introduced the concept of an exclusive right that would grant specific printers the privilege to print a particular book or often categories of books, such as prayer books or school textbooks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Go to next <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2022\/01\/21\/3-the-royal-company-of-stationers\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Royal Company of Stationers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Go to previous <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2022\/01\/21\/1-invention-of-the-printing-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The invention of the printing press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Go <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:9px\">Image: Public Domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:9px\">The author takes no responsibility for the content of this page, which is not intended as binding legal advice. 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