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Censorship and Free Speech The Privatization of Censorship Anonymity Eliminating online censorship: Freenet, Free Haven and Publius Censored links: Linking as a crime  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  First typewriter patent, 1713 In 1714 Henry Mill got granted a patent for his idea of an "artificial machine or method" for forgery-proof writing, but not before 1808 the first typewriter proven to have worked, was built by Pellegrino Turri for his visually impaired friend, the Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzono. In 1873 commercial production of typewriters began. For a brief history of typewriters see Richard Polt, The Classic Typewriter Page, http://xavier.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters.html http://xavier.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters.html