25.03.2013 - 20:45 [ techdirt ]

Copyright Lobby: The Public Has ‚No Place In Policy Discussions‘

„To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.“ That is the purpose of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution, which is sometimes referred to as the „copyright clause“ (or „the patent clause“), which enables both areas of law to be created via Congress. It‘s also the part that is most often ignored.