On The Constitutional Reasons Behind Copyright And Patents
So it seems Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were both skeptical about patents and copyrights. Well I guess our lawmakers don’t care much about what those guys had to say. I haven’t read all the way through this article series, but of the small taste I’ve had so far it looks quite interesting.
From digg:
Mike Masnick of Techdirt.com writes another insightful article on intellectual property. This one looks at the roots of copyrights and patents in the US Constitution. Short and highly readable.
