[Open-access] [GOAL] Re: Permissions attaching to pre-publication material

Wed Feb 15 10:23:51 UTC 2012

> This article was published by Elsevier, and written by an NIH employee.
> The work of US government employees does not attract copyright in the US,

"US government agencies may claim copyright abroad
While US government works generally are in the public domain in the
US, they may be protected by copyright abroad. The feds may claim
copyright protection for US government works in other countries
depending on how those countries treat their own government works. So
just be aware that US government agencies sometimes claim copyright in
their works outside the US."
http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/us-government-works.html
http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html#317
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government

Klaus Graf