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> The allowance for copyright law to exist in the USA is "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts"; with a similar intent to patents to eventually br
by pathseeker 8y ago
> The allowance for copyright law to exist in the USA is "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts"; with a similar intent to patents to eventually bring more quality things into the public domain. So yes, anything outside of that, regardless of invention of non-science/useful-arts, and regardless of profitability, is fair game.
Can you give an example of what is outside of science and arts that you think is fair game?
- white-flame 8y agoNot "arts", but "Useful Arts" which are things like industry skills & practices, a specific term from the time of writing. An easy example would be the Happy Birthday song. edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_arts