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In the United States Constitution, Congress is given the power "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 [copyrights] and Discoveries [patents]". Accordingly, the First Congress under the Constitution passed an act "for the encouragement of learning". The term was 14 years, with a further renewal of 14 years, if the author was still alive at the time<ref> [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large/Volume_1/1st_Congress/2nd_Session/Chapter_15 Copyright Act of 1790]</ref>. | In the United States Constitution, Congress is given the power "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 [copyrights] and Discoveries [patents]". Accordingly, the First Congress under the Constitution passed an act "for the encouragement of learning". The term was 14 years, with a further renewal of 14 years, if the author was still alive at the time<ref> [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large/Volume_1/1st_Congress/2nd_Session/Chapter_15 Copyright Act of 1790]</ref>. | ||
A new copyright law was passed in 1831. This extended the basic term to 28 years but kept the renewal at 14 years | A new copyright law was passed in 1831. This extended the basic term to 28 years but kept the renewal at 14 years<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large/Volume_4/21st_Congress/2nd_Session/Chapter_16 Copyright Act of 1831]</ref>. | ||
The copyright laws were consolidated in 1870. The copyright term was not affected<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=016/llsl016.db&recNum=247 16 Stat. 212]</ref>. Β | The copyright laws were consolidated in 1870. The copyright term was not affected<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=016/llsl016.db&recNum=247 16 Stat. 212]</ref>. Β |