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- Mrplough07 on 2008-05-06 - Tags no_tag
- Sharon_elin on 2008-03-06 - Tags copyright
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The public domain is a range of abstract materials – commonly referred to
as intellectual property – which are not
owned or controlled by anyone. The term indicates that these materials are
therefore "public property", and available for anyone to use for any purpo
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Works created by an agency of the United States government are public domain at the moment of creation.[7] Examples include military journalism, federal court opinions (but not necessarily state court opinions), congressional committee reports, and census data. However, works commissioned by the government but created by a contractor are still subject to copyright, and even in the case of public domain documents, availability of such documents may be limited by laws limiting the spread of classified information.
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