Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause intellectual property clause

The Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant authors exclusive rights to their writings for limited times in order to promote the progress of knowledge and the arts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Copyright Clause	2
Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8672821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Patent Clause of the United States Constitution, relatedTo, Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution]

A. Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
The Patent Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant inventors exclusive rights to their discoveries for limited times in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts.
B. U.S. Copyright Act
The U.S. Copyright Act is the primary federal statute that defines and governs copyright protection, rights, and limitations in the United States.
C. Compact Clause of the United States Constitution
The Compact Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that restricts states from entering into agreements or compacts with other states or foreign powers without the consent of Congress.
D. Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is a 1998 U.S. law that lengthened the duration of copyright protection, often associated with extending terms for works like those of Disney’s Mickey Mouse.
E. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant authors exclusive rights to their writings for limited times in order to promote the progress of knowledge and the arts.

A. Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
The Patent Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant inventors exclusive rights to their discoveries for limited times in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts.
B. U.S. Copyright Act
The U.S. Copyright Act is the primary federal statute that defines and governs copyright protection, rights, and limitations in the United States.
C. Compact Clause of the United States Constitution
The Compact Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that restricts states from entering into agreements or compacts with other states or foreign powers without the consent of Congress.
D. Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is a 1998 U.S. law that lengthened the duration of copyright protection, often associated with extending terms for works like those of Disney’s Mickey Mouse.
E. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ intellectual property clause ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Intellectual Property Clause ⓘ Patent and Copyright Clause ⓘ Progress Clause ⓘ
appliesTo	authors ⓘ inventors ⓘ
basisFor	federal preemption of state copyright-like laws ⓘ
categoryOfBeneficiaries	authors of original works of authorship ⓘ inventors of new and useful inventions ⓘ
constitutionalSourceFor	exclusive rights in discoveries ⓘ exclusive rights in writings ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distinguishes	public domain from exclusive rights ⓘ
empowers	Congress to grant copyrights ⓘ Congress to grant patents ⓘ
grants	exclusive rights to authors for their writings ⓘ exclusive rights to inventors for their discoveries ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
inspired	the first federal copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790 ⓘ linked to: U.S. Copyright Act the first federal patent statute, the Patent Act of 1790 ⓘ linked to: Patent Act of 1790
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
keyCase	Eldred v. Ashcroft ⓘ Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. ⓘ Golan v. Holder ⓘ Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises ⓘ Mazer v. Stein ⓘ Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. ⓘ
languageOrigin	influenced by early state copyright statutes ⓘ
legalDomain	copyright law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ patent law ⓘ
limits	Congress from granting perpetual copyrights ⓘ
locatedInText	Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
policyGoal	encouragement of creative expression ⓘ encouragement of scientific and technological innovation ⓘ
purpose	to promote the progress of science and useful arts ⓘ
requires	eventual entry of works into the public domain ⓘ limited times for exclusive rights ⓘ
setsConstraintOn	duration of copyright protection ⓘ scope of federal copyright power ⓘ
text	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 ⓘ
underpins	Title 17 of the United States Code ⓘ Title 35 of the United States Code ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patent Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Eldred v. Ashcroft → keyword → Copyright Clause ⓘ

linked to: Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution

Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Copyright Clause ⓘ