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by runlevel1 832 days ago
In the US, IP law flows from this line of the Constitution:

> [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.

Are laws like this really helping promote the progress of science and useful arts? Because it sure does seem like it's doing the opposite.