US Constitution, Article I, Section 8. > The Congress shall have Power… > To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to

US Constitution, Article I, Section 8. > The Congress shall have Power… > 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; … Copyright is a means to an end. The end must be to promote the progress of science and useful arts for Congress to have the power to create such monopolies.