...Federalist Papers, No. 43 (New York: The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1961), pp. 271-272. the power to grant such rights if it thinks best. Not primarily for the benefit of author, but primarily for the benefit of the public, such rights are given. Not that any particular...

...copyright owner. The power given Congress by the United States Constitution to enact a copyright law was not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the public. The permissive words of The Constitution granting the power are 'To Promote the Progress of...