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Enrich the public domain my eye. The only way to get copyright into law in 1790 was to claim a public benefit as the power to promote progress was one of very few powers to regulate commerce initially granted to Congress.
Creators concur with intellectual giants like James Madison who explained in the Federalist Papers that copyright was a natural right. Madison advocated that common law copyright is derived from natural law and the Constitution and Copyright Act (and various amendments thereto) merely give it written form.
It is simple fair dealing, copying anyone?s work without payment constitutes an infringement; it is theft. You can use it and they will never know but when you begin to share the work of creators with others they will become aware of your theft and hoisting a creator?s work up the flagpole of your pirate ship will result in cannons will sinking you.
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