Talk:Philosophy of copyright
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This is virtually a stub; should a portion on justifications for no copyright (instead of justifications for copyright) be added? --Golbez 22:43, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I would like to see some kind of better explanation for the relationship/tension between open source licensing and copyright based genetics, academic license, etc -- 02:38, 9 Dec 2005 (NZST)
Virtually a stub? I take some exception to the heading "constitutional rights" - certainly Article 1, section 8 of the US constitution does indeed provide a justification for the existence of copyright, usually known as the economic or incentive argument, but this argument exists outwith the US. The constitutional reference is merely an expression of the justification, not it's source (what about the preamble to the Statute of Anne?). Surely it would be better to rename this section - after all it is headed "Philosophy of Copyright" not "Philosophy of US Copyright".
