Thomas Gresham own house in Bishopsgate Street and the rents from the Royal Exchange should be vested in the Corporation of London and the Mercers Company, for the purpose of instituting a college in which seven professors should read lectures, one each day of the week, in astronomy, geometry, physic, law, divinity, rhetoric and music. Thus, Gresham College, the first institution of higher learning in London, came to be established in 1597. Gresham's Law (stated simply as: "Bad money drives out good") takes its name from him (although others, including the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, had recognised the concept for years) because he
Good Copy Bad Copy film was eventually released for free on the internet as a BitTorrent download. The filmmakers hope that releasing "Good Copy Bad Copy" for free will raise awareness and lead to other local broadcasting networks to show the documentary. The documentary first appeared on The Pirate Bay and then it was officially released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license on the Blip.tv video sharing site. On 8 May 2008, "Good Copy Bad Copy" was shown on SVT2, Swedish Television. On 8 September 2009, "Good Copy Bad Copy" was shown on YLE FST5, Finnish Television. On 5 January 2010, "Good Copy Bad