...of copyright. The purpose of copyright protection, in the words of the Constitution, is to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." Copyright...useful Arts.'" Mazer v. Stein, 347 US 201, 219 (1954). The monopoly created by copyright thus rewards the individual author in order to benefit the public....

...[statement of Rep. Fish]). 140The real purpose of copyright is the public welfare. "[EJncouragement of individual effort by personal gain is the best way to advance public welfare" (Mazer u Stein, 347 US 201, 219 [1954]). Trade figures attest to the social beneficence of the copyright...

...at 350. "* Based on the notion that copyright is primarily an economic grant since "[ejncouragement of individual effort by personal gain is the best way to advance public welfare . . ." (Mazer v. Stein, 347 US 201, 219 [1954]), it is stated that neither the public welfare nor the...

...philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal...the talents of authors and inventors in "Science and useful Arts." Sacrificial days devoted to such creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with...

...philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal...the talents of authors and inventors in 'science and useful arts.' Sacrificial days devoted to such creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with...

...philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal...the talents of authors and inventors in "Science and useful Arts." Sacrificial days devoted to such creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with...

...philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal...the talents of authors and inventors in 'science and useful arts.' Sacrificial days devoted to snob creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with...

...philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal...the talents of authors and inventors in science and useful arts. Sacrificial days devoted to such creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with...

...such statutes with valuable, enforceable rights, together with commensurate rewards, on the theory that encouragement of individual effort by personal gain is the best way to advance the public welfare. Mazer v. Stein, 347 US 201, 100 USPQ 325. The court is of the opinion that appellant...

...philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal...the talents of authors and inventors in 'Science and useful Arts'. Sacriiicial days devoted to such creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with...