Re: Copyright of Government Sponsored Work

On Mon, Aug 16, 1999, Jim Roberts <jimr[_at_]sirti.org> wrote:
>
> Can a work be copyrighted if it is paid for by government funds?
> For example, we are a state agency preparing a document to be posted
> on our website. This document will be available for all to use. The
> questions are:
>
> 1. Can we, the state agency, copyright this work?
> 2. Can individual employees copyright this work?

In the case of a book I just tried finding for a professor, in which I finally had to contact the author because I was getting no response from the publisher, apparently the substance can't be copyrighted, but the format and presentation can. At least this is what information was given to me. What the laws may officially state, I can't say.

Barb

Barbara Ruhmann
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http://www-bookstore.ucdavis.edu/ Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 15:45:57 GMT