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The government can just declare the temporary monopoly that they granted on copying it to be over IANAL, but I think that would violate the Constitutional proh
by CWuestefeld 8y ago
The government can just declare the temporary monopoly that they granted on copying it to be over
IANAL, but I think that would violate the Constitutional prohibition of Bills of Attainder.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> IANAL, but I think that would violate the Constitutional prohibition of Bills of Attainder. No, it wouldn't. A bill of attainder declares a person guilty of a crime or specifies criminal punishment for a particular person. The 5th Amendment Takings Clause, though, is likely to be an issue.