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To: neolib who wrote (229509)	11/19/2009 4:05:35 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I consider patents and copyrights to be protection of intellectual property which is specifically covered in the US Constitution in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8. I am a constitutionalist. I believe that the US Constitution specifically assigns powers to the Federal Government. And the Federal Government does not have powers unless they are specifically assigned to it in the US Constitution. The Federal government was empowered: "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." The Federal government was not empowered to take over automobile manufacturers or dictate the compensation for wall street executives or take over the health care industry.