Re: Haworth Press Journals

My understanding of the US Constitution with respect to Copyright is that it places specific limits on what Congress can and cannot legislate. Therefore, in constitutional terms, Congress cannot take "a view" that copyright is "purely a means to an end" without amending the constitution. Also, the US constitution as far as I read it means that copyright is not "property" but a limited monopoly allowed to authors, etc. Of course, what the constitution states and the reality of Congress' actions are as different in this case as in other areas.

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