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[[Image:GrubStreet-London 300dpi.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=People congregate at the entrance to a narrow street, overlooked by two four-storey buildings.  Each floor of the right-most building projects further over the street than the floor below.  At the corner of each building, shops advertise their wares.  A cart is visible down the street, and one man appears to be carrying a large leg of meat.|19th-century ''Grub Street'' (latterly Milton Street), as pictured in ''(contracted; show full)

==History==
===Early history===
[[File:Grub street hermit.gif|right|thumb|upright|alt=A man sits on a large ornate chair, resting his left elbow on a desk, his clenched fist supporting his head.
   In his right hand, at his waist, he holds a walking cane.  He wears a cloak and a long beard, and his slippered feet rest on a chequered or tiled floor.  On the desk lies an open book.  Above his head the wall contains a shelf, filled with books.  A picture hangs from the wall showing a country scene with a large mansion or castle|Henry Welby]]
(contracted; show full)man Ray | authorlink = Lyman Ray Patterson | year = 1968 | title = [[Copyright in Historical Perspective]] | publisher = Vanderbilt University Press}}</ref>  [[Printing]] gradually displaced manuscript production, and by the time that the Guild received a royal charter of incorporation on May 4 1557, becoming the [[Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers|Stationers' Company]], it was in effect a Printers' Guild.  In 1559, it became the 47th [[Livery Company|livery company]].{{
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The Stationers' Company had considerable powers of search and seizure, backed by the state (which supplied the force and authority to guarantee copyright).  This monopoly continued until 1641 when, inflamed by the treatment of religious dissenters such as [[John Lilburne]] and [[William Prynne]], the [[Long Parliament]] abolished the [[Star Chamber]] (a court which controlled the press) with the [[Habeas Corpus Act 1640]].  This lead to the de facto cessation of state censorship of the press.  Alth(contracted; show full)
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