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Subject: Re: Copyright of DRGs (fwd)
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:36:34 -0400 (EDT)



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All public information from the U.S. Federal Government is the public
domain.  (see <http://www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf>, Chapter 1,
105). But this does not hold true for other government documents, both
within and outside the US.  In fact, many governments, state and local, DO
copyright their documents.  I would check with each source to see what
practice they are using.
Colleen
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Johnnie D. Sutherland wrote:

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> Hi, all:
>
> I need your combined wisdom to answer this email.  I think the answer is
> that all gov information distributed by gov agencies are not copyrighted.
> The geospatial data we have on INSIDE Idaho are also public domain data,
> so he should be able to package the data and distribute them as commercial
> data for profit.  I know, in the past, quite a few gov docs have been
> republished and sold through commercial publishers.  Digital data would be
> treated the same.  The DRGs and DOQQs on INSIDE Idaho have been worked on,
> and enhanced for public access, but we never thought of copyright the data
> and it would be contrary to the idea of a statewide clearinghouse for
> distributing geospatial data.  Any input you can provide would be
> appreciated.  Thanks.  Lily
>
> Lily Wai, INSIDE Idaho Project Director   Phone: 208-885-6344
> Professor, Head of Government Documents   Fax:   208-885-6817
> University of Idaho Library (0135)        E-Mail:[log in to unmask]
> Rayburn Street                            http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/govdoc
> Moscow, Idaho 83844-2353                  http://inside.uidaho.edu
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:50:08 +0000
> From: Greg Thorhaug <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Copyright of DRGs
>
> Hello Lily,
> I am interested in downloading DRG and other data from publicly available
> web sites (such as INSIDE) and packaging it as a product for sale.  What are
> the laws regarding this?  Do I need to pay a fee or is the data "in the
> public domain" and, if so, does this mean that I can package DRG/DOQQ and
> vector data from your site, as well as other government sites, as a product
> that I could sell?  I would appreciate as much information and resources on
> this subject that you have available.   Thanks!!
>