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Originally Posted by lumpynose
But his argument is that when following your logic that if someone inherits money that they can only use it for a limited time and then after N years they have to give it up.
In other words, that a copyright is property and should be treated no differently than tangible property like real estate, stocks, cash in the bank, etc. I don't agree with that argument, for all of the reasons given against it. But if you use the narrow Libertarian interpretation it does make sense from their perspective.
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I disregard that argument.
The constitution says "[the United States 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."
The only argument to me is how long that time is.