You and I read the constitution very differently if you think it explicitly forbids copyrights. I wonder how carefully you're reading. I've cited the copyright

You and I read the constitution very differently if you think it explicitly forbids copyrights. I wonder how carefully you're reading. I've cited the copyright clause several times and even paraphrased it. It does not "forbid" copyright. It creates it as a limited monopoly on a creative work. the Constitution expressly promotes the idea of intellectual property That's a big leap. It says, in short, that since they think that advancement of the sciences and arts is important, they will allow authors and inventors a limited monopoly on their work, in order to motivate them. Nothing there implies the creation of a pretend property, not does it promote such an idea. And if you read Jefferson, who wrote extensively on the subject, you'll see that he was completely against the idea of "property" consisting of ideas. Paraphrasing him from one of his letters: how can a man own something in another man's mind?