The full text of the clause is &quot;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.&quot;<p>&quot;Creative works&quot; is as reasonable shorthand for &quot;useful arts and sciences&quot; as &quot;privacy&quot; is for &quot;the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects&quot;