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It pisses me off when I see "All rights reserved" on a federal government page. The copyright for publicly-funded works should reside with the public, free for
by bsimpson 7y ago
It pisses me off when I see "All rights reserved" on a federal government page. The copyright for publicly-funded works should reside with the public, free for use by all.
- solipsism 7y agoThe US Government asserts a copyright to its works in other countries. It's only with respect to US federal law that government works are not copyrightable.
- 205guy 7y agoThe feds run various websites and create content for various reasons. NASA images are free to reuse with attribution, and lots of astronomy sites do. But you wouldn't want someone making a copycat of the reservation site and scamming people. So it makes sense for the US gov to assert some rights to protect its services--and the people it serves.