Unit 2 Flashcards
Woodblock printing
First printed piece?
The Chinese developed a rudimentary way of typing and printing more than once.
The Diamond Sutra
Moveable type
Gutenberg press
Advance
Money they give you, normally ten thousand dollars
Royalties
Percentage of sales
Blockbuster syndrome
They got a safe bet and they know that the person will do well
Copyright
Your right to intellectual property
Google library project/project Gutenberg
Sought to take all books to public domain, digitalize them, and put them online for free
Elizabeth mallet
Daily courant, became first English daily newspaper, separated news from opinion ads
John Milton
Wrote aeropagitica. Response to church censorship of essay on divorce. Advocated free press.
Marketplace of ideas
Diversity of voices would lead to emergence of truth
Ben Harris
Publicly occurrences. Shut down after one issue because stories were critical of the crown.
John Campbell
Boston news letter. Postmaster. Published by authority.
James Franklin
Published without authority. Jailed and forbidden to publish.
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania gazette.
John Peter zenger
Critical of Cosby. Arrested and charged with sedition. Andrew Hamilton had him acquitted using truth as defense. First free press victory in a court of law before the first amendment.