Abstract

This article explains the Constitution's intellectual property provision and its goals, then deconstructs the Supreme Court's decision in Eldred v. Ashcroft as a means to unravel the pieces in the complex relationship among the constitutional provision, the First Amendment, and copyright. The article then considers how an understanding of the relationship of these elements can be helpful for considering the positions of technical communicators as both users and producers of intellectual products.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2010-12-22
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2011.528321
Open Access
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Citation Context

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  1. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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  1. Technical Communication Quarterly
  2. Technical Communication Quarterly
  3. Technical Communication Quarterly
  4. Technical Communication Quarterly
  5. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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  1. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Technical Communication Quarterly
  3. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  4. Computers and Composition
  5. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Also cites 2 works outside this index ↓
  1. Eldred and Lochner: Copyright term extension and intellectual property as constitutional …
    Yale Law Journal  
  2. Eldred v. Ashcroft 2003
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