Re: Columbine High School videos

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Bruce Hayden <bhayden[_at_]ieee.org> wrote, in part:
>
> A recent article in the Sunday editorial pages of the Denver
> Post concerned the apparent submission of two sets of video
> tapes concerning the Columbine High School shootings
....
> One set of tapes was made by the two (deceased) shooters.
> The editorial columnist opined that under Colorado intestate
> laws, the copyright in those tapes should probably go to
> the parents of the two boys (and potentially to their victims).
>
> He brought up that if the boys had survived, the tapes would
> have probably been used as evidence in their trials, and
> thus become part of the public domain. I would think though
> that such a use would not truly impact the actual ownership
> of the copyrights, but rather whether there was some sort
> of public policy license granted (or fair use, etc.)."

Introduction of a work as evidence in a trial does not put the work into the public domain.

Bob

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