The Copyright Act & Heath Manuals & Ham Radio Hobbyists

[Tyler Parsons]

HOWEVER, the Oregon Revised Statutes (Laws of the State of Oregon, USA) are
copyright by the Legislative Council of the State of Oregon, so don't make
too many assumptions.

Tyler Parsons, WB7DDL


At 07:20 PM 5/4/1998 -0700, Ed Mosher wrote:
>John,
>
>ALL laws and publications from the Federal Government belong to the
>people of the US; and therefore cannot be copyrighted.  For example, all
>Aeronautical charts, Loran charts, laws, regulations, and yes, even the
>dreaded tax codes, are the property of the US Gov't.  And that, kind sir
>is US taxpayers.
>
>I learned this while I was writing the manual for the MNW-2980 Personal
>Loran Receiver.  I copied parts of charts for instructional purposes, but
>was told that, hey we  the people own it.
>
>FYI
>
>Ed Mosher
>WA8ZVO at JUNO.COM         Formerly  "One of the Hams at Heath"
>  "Corporations make decisions based on dollars, not SENSE!"
>

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