In May or June, 1855, The Amboy Printing Association was formed, which secured the printing of The Lee County Times (soon changed to the Amboy Times) which was also related to the ancestry of the present Lee County Times, published now in Paw Paw. A.N. Dickens was the first editor.
A copyright is a legal device that gives the creator of a literary, artistic, musical, or other creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work. Copyright owners have the right to control the reproduction of their work, including the right to receive payment for that reproduction. An author may grant or sell those rights to others, including publishers or recording companies. Violation of a copyright is called infringement.
However, copyright is a type of intellectual property, an area of law distinct from that which covers robbery or theft, offenses related only to tangible property. Not all copyright infringement results in commercial loss, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1985 that infringement does not easily equate with theft.he terms piracy and theft are often associated with copyright infringement. The original meaning of piracy is robbery or illegal violence at sea, but the term has been in use for centuries as a synonym for acts of copyright infringement.