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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause

"... securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right...".

The weasels in Congress get around this by retroactively extending copyrights every time Mickey Mouse is about to enter the public domain. Such extensions are thefts from the public domain and destroyers of wealth, but the Supreme Court has ruled it constitutional.

parent quokka 13 years ago

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