...copyright is not simply to reward the author. Rather, in Professor Nimmer's words, it is to "secure the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors." This objective, rooted in the Constitution and reaffirmed continually in court cases, applies not only...

...respect to the copyright monopoly granted by Congress: "The sole interest of the United States and primary object in conferring the monopoly lie in the general benefits derived by the public (emphasis added) from the labors of authors ' . It is said that reward to the author or artist serves...

...copyrights or I could submit ten times as many about the objectives. I just give you one brief quote: "The sole interest of the United States and the primary object in conferring monopoly, meaning the copyright, lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labor of...

...Chief Justice Hughes spoke similarly in another opinion: "The sole interest of the United States and primary object in conferring the monopoly lie in the...derived by the public from the labors of authors. It is said that reward to the author or artist serves to induce release to the public of the products...

...Paramount Putures: The copyright law . . . makes reward to the owner a secondary consideration .... "The sole interest of the United States and the primary...the general benefits derived by the public from the labor of authors." It is said that reward to the author or artist serves to induce release to the public...

...owner a secondary consideration .... The sole interest of the United States and the primary object of conferring the monopoly lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors"3 ' US Constitution, art. I, sec. 8, cl. 8. 2 Twentieth Century Music Corp. V. Aiken. 422 OS...

...law is to encourage creativity by giving authors the means of reaping a reward from their endeavors.4 "The sole interest of the United States and the primary...benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors."5 "When technological change has rendered its literal terms ambiguous, the Copyright Act must...

...works. The Supreme Court made the reason for this absence explicit, stating in Fox Film rs. Doya/ that "The sole interest of the United States and the primary object in conferring the [copyright] monopoly lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors."...

...progress of the arts be retarded.141 The balancing of these extremes must be achieved with the view that "[the] sole interest of the United States and the primary object in conferring the [copyright] monopoly lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors."142...

...123, 127, Chief Justice Hughes spoke as follows respecting the copyright monopoly granted by Congress, "The sole interest of the United States and the primary...derived by the public from the labors of authors." It is said that reward to the author or artist serves to induce release to the public of the products...