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Federal Appeals Court Rules That Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits (www.eff.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Time for unfair use

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

That's a weird interpretation.

[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.

Why would you not just lean on the explicit right granted by the constitution to protect copyright as distinct from "free speech"?