Re:Judge Decides Against Internet Archive
by encomiast on Saturday March 25, 2023 @02:20AM
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The idea of copyright predates the United States. The English ‘Statute of Anne’ of 1710 is typically cited as the first modern expression.
In the world of copyright and patents, there's a before and an after the USA. Anyone trying to make a different case must be trying to fool themselves.
This. People (naively or dishonestly) think because the text is "To promote the progress of science and useful arts", that it must be the case it does this. Powerful people wouldn't lie, would they?
In reality (c)opywrong and patent law does the opposite. It promotes the collection of money and power to the 1% to the detriment of the progress of science and useful arts.
Later it was expanded to keep poor countries and people from affording medicine.
Reading on the history of copyright would be a good start before perpetuating misconceptions.