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Best practices language for making open government data "license-free".
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What's the best citation to show that US public domain legally ends on our shores? #20

Closed NoahKunin closed 10 years ago

NoahKunin commented 10 years ago

I know http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml exists, but that's a little weak. If I recall, it had something either to do with the courts, or the discussion in Congress at the time....

tvol commented 10 years ago

I think you might be referring to text in the legislative report, which accompanies the 1976 Copyright Act:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:H.R._Rep._No._94-1476_(1976)_Page_059.djvu

"The prohibition on copyright protection for United States Government works is not intended to have any effect on protection of these works abroad. Works of the governments of most other countries are copyrighted. There are no valid policy reasons for denying such protection to United States Government works in foreign countries, or for precluding the Government from making licenses for the use of its works abroad."

NoahKunin commented 10 years ago

Yes! Exactly. Been bugging me all day. Major kudos @tvol.