copyright infringement by public officials and entities

Does anyone know of any cases with respect to the liability of a 1) state, 2) a municipality, 3) a police department, and 4) an individual police officer for copyright infringement?

Is there any basis for the impounding of all data by a 1) state, 2) a municipality, 3) a police department, and 4) an individual police officer and does that impoundment which prohibits a legitimate copyright owner from having access to their computer software constitute infringement?

Does such impoundment of a person's legitimate copyrighted software both developed and being developed fall under the Privacy Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000a which safeguard First Amendment freedoms of legitimate publishers of information to the public also pertain to computer software and what constitutes a "legitimate publishers?

I appreciate any help in these areas.

Greg Erkins
<gerkins[_at_]gci.net> Received on Sun Apr 02 2000 - 15:03:14 GMT