User talk:Cooper37

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Thanks for the wall of text. I confirmed that the sources I was quoting were public domain, not protected by copyright, since they were official publications by the Federal government. Cooper37 (talk) 15:54, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found the matching content at https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30993.html, which is not a US government website. Where did you copy it from? — Diannaa (talk) 20:36, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From https://www.everycrsreport.com/what-is-a-crs-report.html: CRS reports, as works of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any CRS report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS.

From https://www.everycrsreport.com/about.html: EveryCRSReport.com is a project of Demand Progress in collaboration with the Congressional Data Coalition — a bipartisan coalition founded by Demand Progress and the R Street Institute to promote open legislative information. Cooper37 (talk) 17:45, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but that is not a US Government website. If it were, they would not solicit donations — Diannaa (talk) 23:45, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whether that is an official US government website or not does not affect the public domain nature of these reports. If you read the about page, this organization publishes these reports because they are not all openly published by the government. Cooper37 (talk) 21:50, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the actual Congressional Research Service report. The EveryCRSReport.com website offers a summary; the content is not the same. — Diannaa (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is a completely different report, dated 2023. Cooper37 (talk) 21:51, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]