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> US government content is only public domain in the US, that same content exported from the US is then copyrighted. IP lawyer here — can you please cite a sou
by dctoedt 6y ago
> US government content is only public domain in the US, that same content exported from the US is then copyrighted.
IP lawyer here — can you please cite a source? That's not at all my understanding of how it works.
- pabs3 6y agoThe second paragraph of the Wikipedia article on USG copyright states this and cites a couple of sources: This act only applies to U.S. domestic copyright as that is the extent of U.S. federal law. The U.S. government asserts that it can still hold the copyright to those works in other countries.[3][4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_the_United_States_Government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_the_United_States_Gove... https://www.cendi.gov/publications/FAQ_Copyright_30jan18.html#_Toc505089933 https://www.cendi.gov/publications/FAQ_Copyright_30jan18.htm... https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Copyright_Law_Revision_(House_Report_No._94-1476) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Copyright_Law_Revision_(House... As you can see from the other comments in this sub-thread, this appears to be known by other FLOSS folks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26784003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26784003