Title
The Democratic Public Domain: Reconnecting the Modern First Amendment and the Original Progress Clause (a.k.a. Copyright and Patent Clause)
Abstract
If the Progress Clause, a.k.a. the Patent and Copyright Clause, of the U.S. Constitution had been construed when its original meaning was still obvious, United States law would be far different. In this area at least, the Drafters’ Constitution was much less aristocratic than the modern (mis)reading. The original meaning of the Progress Clause, furthermore, should have stimulated a more communitarian First Amendment, the type of First Amendment currently being suggested by leading First Amendment scholars such as Jack Balkin.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Intellectual Property Law | Law and Society | Legal History | Legislation | Science and Technology Law
Date of this Version
March 2004
Recommended Citation
Malla Pollack, "The Democratic Public Domain: Reconnecting the Modern First Amendment and the Original Progress Clause (a.k.a. Copyright and Patent Clause)" (March 1, 2004). bepress Legal Series. bepress Legal Series.Working Paper 157.
https://law.bepress.com/expresso/eps/157