Re: copyright in legal documents

On Thu, Oct 28, 1999, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Don Roemer <droe2[_at_]earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > In my state ANYTHING filed in the public record is not only open to
> > view but can lawfully be copied per the law and state constitution.
>
> Surely not ANYTHING! Putting aside the obvious case of evidence filed
> under seal, what about a situation in which evidence entered into the
> record consists, for example, of published sound recordings, or a
> published book or article, or previously unpublished letters ... surely
> none of these things springs into the public domain merely by virtue of
> having been made part of a public record ... ?

I never once mentioned the phrase "public domain," that is your creation. It is, however, part of the public record and therefore a public document for all to view, hear and copy. At least that is how it is currently being handled.

Don Roemer
<droe2[_at_]earthlink.net> Received on Sat Oct 30 1999 - 14:53:20 GMT