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Are works created by federal government employees in the public domain?

Yes. Works created by federal employees in the course of the employment are in the public domain. Works created for the federal government by independent contractors, on the other hand, are not necessarily in the public domain. Works the federal government acquires through transfers of ownership are not necessarily in the public domain either

What is in the public domain?

Tom James

Anything that is not protected by copyright is in the public domain. This includes: Unprotectable subject matter (facts, information, ideas, methods, processes, inventions, titles, names, slogans, short phrases, common geometric shapes, familiar symbols, unoriginal compilations systems (e.g., ordering things alphabetically), works created by U.S. government employees, natural objects formed or shaped by natural forces without

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