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Massachusetts copyright

The copyright policies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are unfortunately rather vague. Addressed here, they say:

Most of the public record posted on Commonwealth Websites can be copied and used for any purpose. For example, all judicial opinions and all laws and regulations are public record. However, some of the public record posted on the Commonwealth's Web sites is also copyrighted material (for example, regulations based on technical codes developed and copyrighted by private organizations). With respect to material copyrighted by the Commonwealth, including the design, layout, and other features of Mass.Gov, the Commonwealth forbids any copying or use other than "fair use" under the Copyright Act.

The challenge with this text is determining what falls under "most". While the "example" of copyrighted content suggests that the excluded material is authored by others, it's obvious from the next sentence that the Commonwealth can claim copyright, and they do not specifically say that the only copyrighted content is externally authored or based on externally authored works. This limits us to the examples they give of "public record"--which are already all public domain under U.S. statute. Hopefully, they'll clarify that at some point! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:54, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]