And I suspect governments at every level would or do hate it for much the same reason - they don't control it and can't suppress it.
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After the invention of moveable type in the fifteenth century, European monarchs quickly realized that the printing press could be used as an instrument to spread sedition and heresy. Their response was to assert legal control over the new technology: No one could operate a printing press without royal permission… Publishers were also required to submit any manuscripts that they wished to print to government censors for their approval…
“Limits on the Duration of Copyright: Theories and Practice”
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cops hate it because of speed trap reporting
And I suspect governments at every level would or do hate it for much the same reason - they don't control it and can't suppress it.
Radio Free Waze!
After the invention of moveable type in the fifteenth century, European
monarchs quickly realized that the printing press could be used as an
instrument to spread sedition and heresy. Their response was to assert legal
control over the new technology: No one could operate a printing press
without royal permission… Publishers were also required to submit any
manuscripts that they wished to print to government censors for their
approval…
“Limits on the Duration of Copyright: Theories and Practice”
https://books.google.com/books?id=1hZMVMCaVesC
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