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Do you have a source for this piece of information? I'm led to believe it is the other way around, anything obtained illegally doesn't automatically become pub
by dotBen 17y ago
Do you have a source for this piece of information? I'm led to believe it is the other way around, anything obtained illegally doesn't automatically become public domain - but I don't have an internet based source to link to at the moment.
- albertsun 17y agoPublic domain is just its copyright status. The legality/illegality of publishing or disseminating it is a separate unrelated issue. Everything created by the USFG is automatically public domain, but just because something is public domain doesn't mean it can circulate freely in public.
- rgejman 17y agoSee the Pentagon Papers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers Even stolen information cannot be enjoined from publication by the government.