[Year 12 IT Apps] copyright

[Graham]

G'day

On 06/02/2007, at 11:47 AM, Russell Edwards wrote:

> Government copyright is ridiculous. The public pay to produce this  
> stuff, therefore all rights should be in the public domain. This is  
> the case in the USA but not in draconian old Australia.

Agree in part ... though what if a commercial organisation copies and  
incorporates it in materials sold here and overseas?  as it is public  
domain, there is no benefit to the government nor to us who paid to  
produce it ... and just because the USA does something, does this  
guarantee the merit of that action? e.g. Iraq War, nuclear weapons,  
capital punishment ...



Graham Gales
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