Comment by thaumasiotes

Why do you think that the meaning "text" is relevant to the element in copyright? The fact that a word has a particular sense doesn't mean that that sense appears in every use of the word.

And in this case we know that copyright refers to the production of copies, not of copy:

> the Statute of Anne is formally titled "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of Copies, during the Times therein mentioned"

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne#Text )

There are no controls other than on making printed copies.