Kate Wilko of the Stanford University Law Library has posted A Draft 50 State Survey of Copyright Claims in State Codes and Court Opinions on Legal Research Plus.
The survey — which was conducted in conjunction with the Law.gov legal open government data project — covers U.S. state statutory codes and court decisions.
Tags: Copyright in legal information, Free access to law, Kate Wilko, Law.gov, Public access to legal information, Reuse of legal information
June 16, 2010 at 8:17 pm |
[...] Research arising from the Law.gov project has shown that state and local laws are frequently subject to copyright restrictions, and omitting those laws from the Law.gov project would mean losing a valuable opportunity to educate the public and policy makers about those restrictions, and to challenge those restrictions. [...]