15 Apr
2014
15 Apr
'14
6 p.m.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:47 PM, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
Am I wrong in remembering that IP produced by/for the
US government is
automatically not copyrightable anyway.
By law, works created by the US government cannot be copyrighted. However,
the ownership of copyrights of privately created works can be transferred
to the government. I've heard that they've tried to use that loophole to
claim copyright on works created under contract, but that in some cases
these the copyrights have been invalidated. I can't find any good
reference to that at the moment.
Eric