Intellectual Property Rights & Wrongs

Origin of Copyright in the U.S.A.

Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution states that:

"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."

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