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If you can think of a better method than a temporary commercial monopoly I'd like to hear it. Also, I think that artists who think their copyrights are a license to print money are definitely a minority.Notice how it's phrased: to promote useful arts and sciences, not to ensure you can make a buck. Copyright exists for the public good. The End. A temporarily commercial monopoly is merely the method by which that public good is obtained, but most artists of various types seem to think of it as a license to print money.Article I said: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