Open AccessThe state copyright conundrum: What’s your state government’s rule on copyright?
Author(s) -
Kyle K. Courtney
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.79.10.571
Subject(s) - public domain , copyright law , government (linguistics) , statement (logic) , state (computer science) , state government , common law copyright , copyright act , law , law and economics , political science , work (physics) , federal law , intellectual property , business , economics , legislation , local government , engineering , computer science , history , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm
U.S. copyright law has a unique place in the world regarding federal works and copyright. Federal copyright law states that “Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government.”1 This is a broad and clear statement that works of the federal government are in the public domain and are free for use by all.