> The origin of copyright law in most European countries lies in efforts by the church and governments to regulate and control the output of printers
I think it's far more likely that they're about making sure that the wrong sort of bible, or the wrong sort of pamphlet, doesn't get printed. Whatever "for the economy" or "for the creators" verbiage is in there was added after the fact by marketing.
> The origin of copyright law in most European countries lies in efforts by the church and governments to regulate and control the output of printers
I think it's far more likely that they're about making sure that the wrong sort of bible, or the wrong sort of pamphlet, doesn't get printed. Whatever "for the economy" or "for the creators" verbiage is in there was added after the fact by marketing.