As this Court explained 100 and some years ago in its Burrows-Giles opinion, such constructions are accorded very great weight and, as that Court went on to say, when consistent and unchallenged for over a century are almost conclusive that consistent construction by Congress of its authority under the Copyright and Patent Clause now has lasted from the 105th -- from the first through the 105th Congress.
The court feels the same way about copyright laws as it did 50 years ago.
Congress of its authority under the Copyright and Patent Clause now has lasted from the 105th -- from the first through the 105th Congress.

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