Thread: A Modest Proposal - Eternal Copyright
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Old 03-08-2012, 12:54 PM   #196
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Originally Posted by wodin View Post
My search if the US Constitution failed to find the text "copyright", please cite the article/amendment you are referring to.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution empowers the United States Congress:

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
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