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

[rbethman]

Robert,

You've been living without access to current events and information for 
how long?

Please let us know where in the Constitution it is written, "separation 
od church and state".

The Bill of rights has BEEN screwed with for quite some time now.

Bob - N0DGN

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