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It is considered that the term “copyright” originated in Anglo-Saxon law at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Originally, it meant a “right to make a copy” of a work.. This was because at that time copying (mainly by printing presses) was almost the only mode of reproduction.
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Guerassimov, E. (1982). Copyright and Use of Computers for Access to Protected Works. In: Jaschek, C., Heintz, W. (eds) Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 97. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7858-4_33
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