ON THIS DAY in 1672, the first copyright law was enacted in the Massachusetts Bay colony. The following day, four sailors were burnt at the stake for unauthorized performance of copyrighted sea chanteys.
Edited by H. Albertus Boli, LL.D.
ON THIS DAY in 1672, the first copyright law was enacted in the Massachusetts Bay colony. The following day, four sailors were burnt at the stake for unauthorized performance of copyrighted sea chanteys.