[Heathkit] Manuals, copyrights and my 5-cents worth

[Robert Nickels]

SX-25 wrote:
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> I cannot believe how "tight butted" we, as a society, have become 
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You have a right to a contrary opinion but I think I'll side with the 
smart fellas who wrote the US Constitution:

The power to enact copyright law is granted in Article I, Section 8, 
Clause 8, also known as the Copyright Clause 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause>, which states:

    /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./


I have to wonder whether those who decry copyright protection might be 
on the other side if it were some other part of the Constitution in 
question - say, the Bill of Rights?

73, Bob W9RAN