I had never heard of this before. Written in 1710, it is considered to be the origin of copyright law.
I'll apply this to 2301's discussion of the press. This clearly provides the opportunity for a news media to evolve since you can claim ownership of your work. You can make money starting a newspapers, ideas and news can become sources of income. The right to print, utter and publish items that were critical of the ruling class had yet to follow, but were probably inevitable at this point.
