2026-09-28 19:23 UTC
Take copyright and trademark. Copyright is designed to allow companies (and the creators they hire or contract with) to commercially exploit creative works. In the US, copyright is a creature of the Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8:
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C8-3-2/ALDE_00013064/
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-09-28 19:23
Fun fact: there are only two clauses in the Constitution that include a rationale: the Second Amendment ("A well regulated Militia") and the copyright clause ("To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts"). Everything else is one of those "truths" that the framers "held to be self-evident." In these two cases, they decided to explain their thinking. 4/