Z:gnu-www-ja-misinterpreting-copyright--a774bd-When the US Constitution was d/en

When the US Constitution was drafted, the idea that authors were entitled to a copyright monopoly was proposed&mdash;and rejected. The founders of our country adopted a different premise, that copyright is not a natural right of authors, but an artificial concession made to them for the sake of progress. The Constitution gives permission for a copyright system with this paragraph (Article I, Section 8):