United States v. Moghadam

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a jurisdictional element was unnecessary where the statute regulated economic activities hav- ing a substantial effect on interstate commerce
• holding that 18 U.S.C. § 2319A is a lawful exercise of power under the Commerce Clause
• suggesting that “the protection created by the anti-bootlégging statute is apparently perpetual and contains no express time limit”
• stating that “Congress thought it was acting under the Copyright Clause”
• observing that unlike a live performance, a bootleg copy is fixed
• “[Although in the modern era the term ‘Writings’ allows Congress to extend copyright protection to a great many things, those things have always involved some fixed, tangible and durable form.”

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