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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Only "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". Now, I'm not arguing (as Lange and Jefferson Powell seem to) that congress has overstepped those boundaries, but they clearly don't have carte blanche here. I suppose it could be argued that the current regime isn't needed to that end.
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The book describes the jurisprudence of first amendment law. It's pretty interesting, basically the first amendment has been interpreted and then reinterpreted and then interpreted many times over.
Copyright is a restriction upon expression and is therefore unconstitutional. And yes there are many other systems that could be put into place to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, and these systems will most likely promote the arts and science far more effectively than copyright ever has. This isn't going to happen overnight of course, but it is already happening. What we can do is move it along as rapidly as we can.
