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He's not saying he thinks it is unconstitutional. He's saying that the US government can only grant copyright because the copyright clause carved out a right for them to do so, as copyright protections violate free speech and free expression and so without the specific exception provided by the copyright clause, they would have no way of passing copyright law without violating at least the first amendment.


The problem with that is that the Supreme Court doesn't seem to have any problem with that, unfortunately.




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