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Originally Posted by HLin NC
From the US Copyright Office:
What is copyright infringement?
As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.
I do believe COPYING would be considered reproduction and providing said copies would be distributing.
Feel free to argue with the agency of the Federal gov't about their definition of what they do. Somehow, I won't be surprised.
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But that applies only to works protected by copyright. Merely slapping a copyright notice on public domain material doesn't copyright it.
There is some original writing in the Fed rule book that they can protect by their copyright. The actual rules themselves, no. It's like with that Red Circle Media example I gave; about the only thing their copyright protects on their 80 yr. old movies is the notice saying it's copyrighted by Red Circle Media!