The British Statute of Anne, the precursor to the American Copyright Clause, was adopted for the purpose of reducing the monopoly power of the publishing industry and decentralizing that power by placing it in the hands of individual authors.

• 英国安妮法案是美国著作权条款的先驱，它的通过也是为了减少出版业的独占权，通过与个人作者分权达到此目的。