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markhahntoday at 4:27 PM1 replyview on HN

although the US Constitution does make reference to deities, the copyright section does not. its formalization is entirely pragmatic, utilitarian.


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zdragnartoday at 5:31 PM

All of the powers granted to the government are through the constitution, and copyright is a form of property right... hence the phrase "intellectual property".