Well, there was an interest in having a uniform rule, and that's precisely why the Framers created the Copyright Clause in the Constitution, but there was copyright protection in some States, there wasn't copyright protection in other States, and what we know from the decision of this Court in the Wheaton decision is that there was not a common law copyright in existence. This Court explicitly held that. Now, the petitioners make this quid pro quo to draw the line as well as in how long a line
Having a uniform rule was a small factor possibly contributing to why the Framers created the Copyright Clause in the Constitution.
The statement provides false information that does not correlate to the original text. I stated that it was a small factor possibly contributing to why, where as the original text states that it was precisely why. This went undetected.
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