We want the right to copy verbatim works that should be in the public domain and would be in the public domain but for a statute that cannot be justified under ordinary First Amendment analysis or under a proper reading of the limits built into the Copyright 16 Clause.
If Copyright 16 Clause was properly read, owners of verbatim works would be upset
( z1 upset :ARG1 ( z2 person :ARG0-of ( z3 own :ARG1 ( z4 work :mod ( z5 verbatim ) ) ) ) :condition ( z6 read :ARG1 ( z7 law :name ( z8 name :op "Copyright" :op 16 :op "Clause" ) ) :manner ( z9 proper ) ) )