Have you read the Constitution recently? > To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, < by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors > the e

Have you read the Constitution recently? > 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 whole point of the system is to encourage products that are successful enough to make some royalties and then become public domain.