> These are made at great effort and expense by Lexis/Nexis, a private company. According to the article: > the annotations, which were copyrighted and owned

> These are made at great effort and expense by Lexis/Nexis, a private company. According to the article: > the annotations, which were copyrighted and owned by the state If the state published an official version of its code and Lexis/Nexis took that and privately published its own edition with value-add annotations, then I think that argument that the annotated version can be under restrictive copyright would make more sense. However, if the state contracted with Lexis/Nexis and retains copyright on the annotations, Lexis should be getting paid by the state for the work, and the work should be free.