Who Owns The Copyright To Public Laws?

The state of California does not own the copyright to its own building codes. Can public laws be copyrighted?

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May 14, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Peter Veeck thought he was doing everyone a favor when he posted his region's building code on the Web. "No sooner did he get the code up on the Net than he received a threatening e-mail from a lawyer.The lawyer claimed a nonprofit group...owned the copyright to that set of laws."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Public laws owned by the public? Think again, copyright rulings show

Sunday, May 13, 2001 in The San Diego Union-Tribune

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