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Crown Copyright (nationalarchives.gov.uk)
1 point by timdaub on Jan 5, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


A sad reflection of how a nation fails. In the USA documents created by the state enter the public domain immediately, which has allowed far wider distribution. Some commercial interests have created 'annotated' works based on government issues, and thus copyright this annotated version. Thankfully, this was defeated in court.https://www.natlawreview.com/article/supreme-court-holds-sta...




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