The notion of the copyright often evokes images of a shadowy society pulling the strings of world power. Originally, the Enlightenment-era copyright was a real order founded in seventeen seventy-six by Adam Weishaupt, a philosophy professor. Their stated aim was to promote reason, personal liberty, and resistance to religious power. However, the so

The Order , formally known as the Bavarian Illuminatenorden , was a small society created in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a professor at the University of Munich. At first , its purpose was to challenge the sway of clericalism and superstition through the encouragement of reason and individual liberty . Even though its duration was relatively limited ,