On 01/04/2008, Kurt Maxwell Weber <kmw(a)armory.com> wrote:
On Tuesday 01 April 2008 04:39, Peter Ansell wrote:
> How is reproducing a public domain image going against that law? If
> they wanted to copyright the image so that people couldn't use it they
> wouldn't have put it in the public domain right?
Public domain is largely a copyright law term, but as this shows, it
doesn't necessarily mean there aren't other legal restrictions
elsewhere that cover particular material.
Ever hear of a classified document?
It's not the same laws in this case, but it's the same principle.
Yes, I think classified documents produced by the government are not
copyright, but other laws cover their copying and possession etc.
As I understand it, documents produced by the government are
invariably not copyright, which is why they had to handle the meatball
under other laws. (I imagine people were adding it into documents
without any compunction.)
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Kurt Weber
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