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by PaulDavisThe1st 1150 days ago
> was authors’ reluctance to release their books publicly without the ability to stop the then-rampant piracy by publishers." This original application for copyright is strikingly similar to its current use to prevent digital copying and distribution.

Depends. One of them is about an end-user action, one of them is about another publisher getting into distribution of the work.

They may involve the same technology (especially in 2023), but they are not the same action at all, which is a substantial part of the TFA.