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Posted by J. Clarke on 12/08/06 02:00
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:22:55 +0000, Bob Quintal wrote:
> "J. Clarke" <Jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in
> news:el7qqq026s7@news2.newsguy.com:
>
>>
>> Try <http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1a.html>.
>>
> Interesting issue with the following paragraph.
>
> *Notable Dates in United States Copyright
> *August 18, 1787
> *James Madison submitted to the framers of the Constitution a
> *provision to secure to literary authors their copyrights for a
> *limited time.
>
> in that the word literary isn't in the final draft, enshrined in
> the Constitution.
>
> Nor is it in the text of the first Copyright law, titled
> "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the
> Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, "
>
> Now learning is an important word in the title, because it sets
> a context for securing the Copies.....
> That context is that the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books must
> contain knowledge which can be learned.
>
> And that is the point I'm making, is that the original concept
> of copyright was to incease the learning of Science, and useful
> arts, which is the practical application of Science (today
> called engineering), not to protect works of entertainment.
Note that there was no distinction between books by content.
Also consider that the Founders understood full well the value of swaying
people's minds by all means at their disposal. When does a work of
literature cease to be an entertainment and become a tool of political
activism?
> --
> Bob Quintal
>
> PA is y I've altered my email address.
>
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