It would be a mistake to assume that everything produced by the Federal
government is free of copyright. Sometimes government releases
incorporate copyrighted materials from outside sources. Or the work may
have been produced by a contractor who retains copyright. For more
information this is useful:
http://cendi.dtic.mil/publications/04-8copyright.html#312 Of course,
since it concerns copyright there's no cut-and-dry answer.
Deborah Benrubi
Technical Services Librarian
Gleeson Library|Geschke Center
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
email <[email protected]>
phone 415-422-5672
FAX 415-422-2233
On 3/30/2010 10:32 AM, Jessica Rosner wrote:
I am pretty sure this is true of anything done by the Federal
Government, not sure about everything produced by state or local
agencies.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Moshiri, Farhad <[email protected]> wrote:
What about government publications? If National Wildlife Federation was a government agency, are we allowed to make a DVD from their VHS tape? As far as I know government publications are in public domain.
Farhad Moshiri
AV Librarian
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Videolib] copyright issue
After 1976, any "original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium
of _expression_"
(http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/fixed-in-a-tangible-medium-of-_expression_-term.html)
is covered under copyright.
Trademarks are a different matter and have nothing to do with this issue.
Gary Handman
Hello All,
I have been sent a short video from a faculty member called 'Schoolyard
Habitats' from the National Wildlife Federation on tape that she claims is
not copyrighted, and she wants it put on DVD. Interestingly, it has the
'R'
in a circle registered trademark right after the title, but no regular
copyright claim. Can this be done?
Val
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Media Services Director
Mary Baldwin College
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