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[wtallis]

I think the point is more that continued copyright protections don't serve any purpose, and thus are unconstitutional.

[FluidDjango]

Let them defend the current policies as promoting, "the progress of science and useful arts..." - as opposed to promoting corporate wealth.

Then let's also define "for limited times..." in terms of decades not centuries.

[wtallis]

Right. But a copyright law that doesn't have the purpose and effect of promoting that progress is unconstitutional. Congress can't just hand out intellectual property rights on a whim, nor can they be used to stand in the way of progress.