The Oregon Question: May the Honorable Legislative Counsel of the Great State of Oregon Assert Copyright? Public.Resource.Org, Home of the Seal of Approval The Home of the Oregon Revised Statutes

ON DECK NOW: PROPOSED DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION

HEARING SCHEDULED

The State of Oregon has scheduled a hearing for June 19, 2008 to “consider its copyright policy in light of technological developments and the Internet.” Read the hearing notice or view the full paper trail.

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A joint declaratory judgment action by Justia, Inc. and Public.Resource.Org will seek clarification from the courts as to the public domain or copyright status of the 2005 and 2007 Oregon Revised Statutes in particular and local, state, and federal cases and codes in general.

The action presents the courts with a real dispute and seeks clarification as to whether the state may assert copyright over the law. In particular, we contend that the pasting of a private wrapper on a public domain package in a transparent attempt to protect a revenue stream is against public policy and is against the law.

Furthermore, even if such a private wrapper were to be permitted in certain cases and under limited circumstances for clearly creative work by private corporations such as, e.g., the Disney Corporation or Thomson West, the Honorable Legislative Counsel of the Great State of Oregon is such an integral part of the law-making process that in no case may it assert such a copyright.

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PAPER TRAIL

05.21.08 05.16.08 05.16.08 05.02.08 04.30.08 04.30.08 04.15.08 04.13.08 04.07.08
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NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
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DRAFT
Declaratory Judgment Action
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FAXED
Advisement of URL
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FAXED
June 2 as Operative Timeframe
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EMAIL
Rejection of Concept of Public License
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FAXED
Extension of Timeframe
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SENT
Audit of Web Site
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SENT
Letter Protesting Cease and Desist
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POSTED
Notice to Cease and Desist and "Take Down"
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TRACKBACK

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Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna — The Patry Copyright Blog April 17, 2008
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What Nigeria Can Teach Oregon — The Patry Copyright Blog May 21, 2008
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The State of Oregon — Dave Farber's Interesting People List May 4, 2008
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Oregon Claims State Law Copyrighted — Washington Times April 19, 2008
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Update on the Oregon Revised Statutes CopyFight — The Harvard Law School Library Blog May 5, 2008
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Publishing the Laws is Against the Law — Outside the Beltway May 9, 2008
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Are laws public domain? — MetaFilter April 23, 2008
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Now this is just plain silly! — Have Opinion, Will Travel May 1, 2008
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Oregon Copyfight — Andy on the Road May 14, 2008
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Oregon Statutes Copyright Spat — Citizen Media Law Project May 14, 2008

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