The Progress Doctrine
Progress Is All About People — NOT Data Centers
“The Purpose of Copyrights & Patents is
To Promote The Progress
of Science and Useful Arts”
US Constitution, Copyright Clause Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 8
“Progress is powered by idea creators.
They own their ideas and enjoy the dividends.”
James Madison, “Father of the Constitution”
“The US Constitution guarantees that idea creators own the
Exclusive Right to profit from their ideas.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Justice, US Supreme Court 1902–1932
Also referred to as the Copyright Clause, it empowers Congress to:
"Promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8
Artricle 1, Section 8, clause 8 is the foundation for federal Copyright and Patent law. The Right is known as “The Intellectual Property Right.”