Posted on 10/12/2017 6:13:59 AM PDT by rktman
Congress has the power to stop the gratuitous promotion of evil by Hollywood.
The first amendment includes freedom of the press (as well as speech and religion). This has wrongly been interpreted by the courts to include protection of the rights of pornographers to make and disseminate pornography. That was never considered even remotely the case by the founders, but is simply the result of treating the Constitution as a “living document.”
However, be that as it may, Congress has complete authority over copyright. And while those with printing presses (and websites, and blogs) have the right to write and publish their ideas, and even charge money for this, Congress has control over whether others may lawfully copy these works. Congress may also determine the limitations of what a copyright holder may charge to license his or her works. And Congress may further prescribe the length that any such protections of intellectual property ownership last, disposing all such works into the public domain in which all speech, press, and religious ideas become truly “free.”
Take away the copyright privileges of Hollywood films that do not meet community values. Those that are already copyrighted can still keep their protection (no ex post facto), only tax their proceeds at 110% (for the common welfare, of course).
Congress has the power to stop the gratuitous promotion of evil by Hollywood.
The first amendment includes freedom of the press (as well as speech and religion). This has wrongly been interpreted by the courts to include protection of the rights of pornographers to make and disseminate pornography. That was never considered even remotely the case by the founders, but is simply the result of treating the Constitution as a “living document.”
However, be that as it may, Congress has complete authority over copyright. And while those with printing presses (and websites, and blogs) have the right to write and publish their ideas, and even charge money for this, Congress has control over whether others may lawfully copy these works. Congress may also determine the limitations of what a copyright holder may charge to license his or her works. And Congress may further prescribe the length that any such protections of intellectual property ownership last, disposing all such works into the public domain in which all speech, press, and religious ideas become truly “free.”
Take away the copyright privileges of Hollywood films that do not meet community values. Those that are already copyrighted can still keep their protection (no ex post facto), only tax their proceeds at 110% (for the common welfare, of course).
Dang. That was awesome enough you had to post it twice. LOL!
They promote gun violence for a paycheck while standing on the ban weapons band wagon. Hypocrites.
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