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<title>CHAPTER SIX: Founders</title>
+<indexterm><primary>Henry V</primary></indexterm>
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William Shakespeare wrote <citetitle>Romeo and Juliet</citetitle> in 1595. The play
was first published in 1597. It was the eleventh major play that
Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Henry V: "I liked it, but Shakespeare
is so full of clichés."
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-<indexterm><primary>Henry V</primary></indexterm>
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In 1774, almost 180 years after <citetitle>Romeo and Juliet</citetitle> was written, the
"copy-right" for the work was still thought by many to be the exclusive
allowed to make his films. The "copy-right" was only an exclusive
right to print—no less, of course, but also no more.
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+<indexterm><primary>Henry VIII, King of England</primary></indexterm>
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Even that limited right was viewed with skepticism by the British.
They had had a long and ugly experience with "exclusive rights,"
inventions. And by 1710, Parliament was eager to deal with the growing
monopoly in publishing.
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-<indexterm><primary>Henry VIII, King of England</primary></indexterm>
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Thus the "copy-right," when viewed as a monopoly right, was naturally
viewed as a right that should be limited. (However convincing the