[open-bibliography] Orphan data

[Thad Guidry]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Karen Coyle <kcoyle at kcoyle.net> wrote:

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> On 3/2/12 6:30 AM, Thad Guidry wrote:
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>> But once it is in the public domain it's in that status forever I am
>> told... it cannot be revoked, correct ?
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> Unfortunately, US courts have revoked PD, and it was taken to higher
> courts and upheld.
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> kc
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Ah, which probably goes back to Tom's mention of providing and proving
provenance.  And when it's proved, then the courts revoke Public Domain on
data or whatever else.  Interesting.

-- 
-Thad
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