Copyright developed out of the same system as royal patent grants, by which certain authors and printers were given the exclusive right to publish books and other materials.
The size of the grant by I.B.M., which will support a lecture tour, was not disclosed.
We care deeply about the work ENO puts on and its important mission to take that work to a wide audience, yet last year we cut ENO's grant by £5m, which may seem counterintuitive, given their financial struggles.
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief, Guardian News & Media said: "We're delighted to have been awarded this grant by Knight Foundation, which underlines the Guardian's reputation as a pioneer in developing new ways of using digital journalism to tell stories and engage with our readers.
When I initially started my lab, we were awarded a grant by Hoffmann La-Roche, which meant we could take yearly trips to them to learn more about how pharmaceutical companies do their work.
A waiver has been granted until 2011, by which time the university must restock its athletic cupboard.
The granting of fire by which we learn the crafts of technē, by contrast, seems like a significantly less beneficial afterthought.
"This is a full public inquiry, established under powers granted by parliament, which has cross-party support.
Nevertheless, subsequent kings of Poland were obliged to confirm and extend the charter granted by Louis, which became the legal basis for the nobles' privileged status and powerful position in Polish society.
