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Prompt
Topic: Balancing Property Rights with Social Benefits of Copying
The U.S. government’s power to pass laws to protect intellectual property are defined by the Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution:
The U.S. Congress has the 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. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, (the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause (Links to an external site.))”
The original length of time for copyright, as specified by the Copyright Act of 1790 was 14 years (renewable for a second 14-year term).
Follow this link and skim this article about the current state of U.S. Copyright law:
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep12/Hirtle–When-Is-1923-Going-to-Arrive-and-Other-Complications-of-the-U.S.-Public-Domain.shtml (Links to an external site.)
(“Public domain” refers to published works for which their copyright term has expired, making them open to copying by anyone for any use.)
Reflect on how current copyright law differs from its earliest conceptualization in the U.S. Constitution. Do you think the current laws help or hinder information flow? Does the law today still support the spirit of the Copyright Clause? Why or why not? (Be sure to draw connections to the assigned readings for this unit)
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