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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Au contraire
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I realize you didn't intend to.
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That's not an argument for terms shorter than copyright.
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Yes, it, is. US Constitution, Article I, Section 8:
The Congress shall have Power ...
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;
There's nothing in there that patent and copyright should be the same length. They key factor is "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" an excessively long period of patent exclusivity would fail "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". So would an excessively short period of patent, or no patent at all. If you're arguing that patent and copyright must be of the same length, that's an argument for shorter periods of copyright.