The American Constitution empowers Congress to enact copyright laws to 'promote the progress of science and the useful arts'. This book offers the first in-dept
This report examines the ongoing debate concerning copyright control and free expression, with an emphasis on the influence that new technologies have had on th
Over the course of several decades, copyright protection has been expanded and extended through legislative changes occasioned by national and international dev
When first written into the Constitution, intellectual property aimed to facilitate "progress of science and the useful arts" by granting rights to authors and
Excerpt from Copyright and Patent Laws of the United States, 1790 to 1866: With Notes of Judicial Decisions Thereunder and Forms and Indexes IN the United State