PUBPOL 373 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American Broadcasting Company, American Physical Society, Article One Of The United States Constitution
16 Apr 2017
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Important quotes/precedents: though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property" in his own person. " this nobody has any right to but himself. The labour" of his body and the work" of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Some debate whether locke"s views applied to the fruits of one"s mind: the congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful. Arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. Copyright and patent clause of the us constitution. Implies that the rights have limited durations, to promote the interest of the public commons. The international application of intellectual property laws is increasingly important given the growth in our global communication system and economy. Metropolitan opera ass"n v. wagner-nichols recorder corp. , 1950.
