Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sec. 105. - Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works > > > Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of > > the United States Government, but the United States Government is not > > precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by > > assignment, bequest, or otherwise. > > Does that also prevent the U.S. government from claiming copyright > protection (as a civil party) on their work in other jurisdictions? > "This title" seems to refer to situations where the copyright > protection would be granted by U.S. law.
Yes. The basic rule is that works produced by the US Government are simply public domain.
