Re: Copyright of Government Sponsored Work

On 8/17/99, Robert C. Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> The Copyright Statute provides that there is no copyright in works
> of the UNITED STATES Government. It is silent as to works of state
> governments. Assuming that the work in question is sufficiently
> original to be protectable by copyright, then once it is fixed in a
> tangible medium it IS "copyrighted".

How about works which combine materials and/or funding from multiple sources?

For example, I produce a program on videotape using using $$ from a federal department/agency/commission (U.S. Department of Commerce, NEA, CPB, etc.) and footage from my state's archives. Assume that I am an employee of the state under "work for hire."

Does it make any difference if the program is contracted for by the feds rather than paid for through a federal grant program?

Jayne Sebby
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
jsebby[_at_]unlinfo.unl.edu Received on Wed Aug 18 1999 - 16:10:00 GMT