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> Was really so (specifically “lethal”? Do you have sources?

Pretty famous example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_glass#Island_of_Muran...

> Glassmakers were not allowed to leave the island without permission from the government. Leaving without permission, or revealing trade secrets, was punishable by death

Though importantly this was enforced by state.



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