Re: Microsoft Trial Judge Based His Break-Up "Remedy" On Flawed Theory, Not Facts

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

I'll go further. The First Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution, and antitrust law is not.

When the two are in conflict, the law must give way. :)

Hmm. This made me think of something blatantly obvious that I had overlooked before. Copyrights are authorized in the main body of the Constitution, but the first ammendment clearly overrides that, so all laws implementing copyright are just as unconstitutional as laws implementing prohibition, and have been for significantly longer. Beer and Bootlegs!