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  2. Freedom of the press in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In mid-August 1861, four New York City newspapers (the New York Daily News, The Journal of Commerce, the Day Book and the New York Freeman’s Journal) were given a presentment by a U.S. Circuit Court grand jury for "frequently encouraging the rebels by expressions of sympathy and agreement".

  3. Early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    As the British Crown owned the printing rights it was illegal to print this Bible in America. [102] Subsequently, the printing was conducted as privately as possible and bore the London imprint from which it was copied, to avoid prosecution and detection of the unauthorized printing. [103]

  4. Book censorship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Today, the target of book censorship may be either a print, electronic, or audiobook, or a curriculum that includes such sources. [17] [6] [18] Targeted texts may be held by a business such as a bookstore; a library, either a public library or one located in a school or university; or the school or university as a whole. [19]

  5. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    Never illegal Educative Theory Banned in Tucson, Arizona public schools. [292] United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense (1971) Robert McNamara and the United States Department of Defense: 1971 Injunction lifted in 1971, Declassified in 2011 Government study Also known as the Pentagon Papers.

  6. Bibliography of early American publishers and printers

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    An historical essay on the origin of printing. Newcastle : S. Hodgson. ... The history of printing in America, with a biography of ... "Legal and Illegal Moneymaking ...

  7. Printing Act of 1895 - Wikipedia

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    The Printing Act of 1895 [1] was a law designed to centralize in the United States Government Printing Office the printing, binding, and distribution of U.S. Government documents. [2] The Act revised public printing laws and established the roles of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and the Government Printing Office (GPO) in ...

  8. History of American newspapers - Wikipedia

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    In the 1830s new high speed presses allowed the cheap printing of tens of thousands of papers a day. The problem was to sell them to a mass audience, which required new business techniques (such as rapid citywide delivery) and a new style of journalism that would attract new audiences. Politics, scandal, and sensationalism worked. [32] [33]

  9. Copyright Act of 1790 - Wikipedia

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    The stated object of the act was the "encouragement of learning," and it achieved this by securing authors the "sole right and liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing and vending" the copies of their "maps, charts, and books" for a term of 14 years, with the right to renew for one additional 14-year term should the copyright holder still be ...