On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From what I
recall the law is protected by copyright everywhere other
than the US and North Korea (North Korea is kinda unclear it depends
on what exactly is meant by government pronouncements).
Add Switzerland to these two...(are there really no others?). In
Switzerland "laws, decrees, international treaties, means of currency,
decisions, protocols and reports by public authorities, patents and
published patent applications" are all explicitly exempt from
copyright.
The Netherlands as well. I actually think this holds for many countries.
Dutch Copyright law, article 11:
"Er bestaat geen auteursrecht op wetten, besluiten en verordeningen,
door de openbare macht uitgevaardigd, noch op rechterlijke uitspraken
en administratieve beslissingen."
Translated:
"There is no copyright on laws, decisions and ordinances, promulgated
by public authorities, nor on judicial sentences and administrative
decisions."
--
André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com