2 messages.-----------Johnnie ----------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 18:11:06 -0700 >From: [log in to unmask] (Paul R. Larson) >Subject: Re: Government copyright >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >I was reading a little item about government copyright in a local Minneapolis >paper. Many non-federal governements that have not copyrighted material are >looking at copyright as a way to generate revenue. Much of the debate seems >to be that copyright might mean less public access (and it would mean map >publishers would have to pay to use govermenet base materials). It got me >thinking: > >1. As I recall, crown (government) copyright in Britain is perpetual (I know >this is true of Oxford and Cambridge U. Presses). Am I remembering rightly? > >2. Is this still true of Ordnance Survey with its reformation into a >semi-autonomous agency? In the US, once the Postal Service separated from the >governement in 1971, they were no longer considered governement publishers >and were able to copyright stamp designs. > >3. Canadian government publications (notably maps) also have crown >copyright. Is this perpetual? What about provincial governemnet documents? >Specifically, what about Quebec governement documents, given that Quebec law >is based on French, rather than English common law. > > >Nat Case >Hedberg Maps >White River Jct, VT In addition to Canadian maps, air photographs purchased from the Canadian National Air Photo Library are copyrighted. I am using one in my dissertation, and it has a crown copyright as well. Paul R. Larson Assistant Professor, Geography Room SC 309 Southern Utah University Cedar City, Utah 84720 tel: (801) 865-8244 fax: (801) 865-8051 E-mail [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: Pat Allen <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Government copyright >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 95 5:47:52 EST Nat, I'm sorry that I can't be specific about the governments you requested, but I did notice recently that the WWW sites maintained by the Australian governmental agencies are copyright protected. If they do this with electronic stuff, they probably follow a similar route with their paper offerings. Pat Allen Purdue University [log in to unmask]