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The US Constitution explicitly cites utilitarian goals in the Copyright Clause.
by srtjstjsj 6y ago
The US Constitution explicitly cites utilitarian goals in the Copyright Clause.
- teddyh 6y agoTrue, but that motivation was based on assumptions which are no longer true. Things no longer take effort to copy, and information can flow across the world in an instant. There is no longer any need to encourage copyright in order to get better information from foreign countries.
- pojntfx 6y agoSure! But the US Constitution wasn't written in a time where software was a thing, right?