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Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Sat Dec 4 13:26:35 AEDT 2010


On 2010/Dec/04, at 1:03 PM, Tom Koltai wrote:
> One has to wonder how the Australian Government, paid for the taxpayers
> and elected by same, has the ability to claim copyright on work created
> by Government employees (or contractors)and paid for by the Government
> purse.

The government and only the government creates copyright.  It can do whatever it wants with copyright sensible or not.  

> Copyrighted Toilet Database indeed...
> 
> Possibly there was no Getup or EFF activity when the legislation was
> slipped through the back door.
> 
> Removal of said "Government Copyright" would be an important step
> towards Open Government and win back some of the credibility lost by our
> Politicians during the Howard years.

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