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> 2. Copyright's basis is "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". This is what the US constitution say. There are more legal theory than the US c
by j16sdiz 2y ago
> 2. Copyright's basis is "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
This is what the US constitution say. There are more legal theory than the US constitution. In fact, the idea of copyright predates the US constitution.
For example, the "Labor theory of copyright" [1] argue copyright is a exclusive right because every individual has a right to the product of their labor.
See also "Philosophy of copyright" [2] on wikipedia.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_copyright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_copyright
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_copyright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_copyright