laws have not caught up with technology (as usual)economic factors make it profitable for certain corporate interests to leave copyright just the way it is.
In the U.S., the central government is not able to hold a copyright interest in any work they produce. You can read that on the white house web site.
This is for a lot of reasons.
Since taxpayers paid for the creation of the work, it makes no sense they should have any restrictions on its use.
To prevent the Federal government from using copyright as a means to prevent free speech.
To encourage broad distribution of works created.
Since taxpayers paid for the creation of the work, it makes no sense they should have any restrictions on its use.
To prevent the Federal government from using copyright as a means to prevent free speech.
To encourage broad distribution of works created.
"Other nations, however, are not so generous." In the UK, as well as some other commonwealth nations, they have Crown Copyright, and other nations have similar provisions. Even Canada has a well-established crown copyright that asks people to obtain a license to use the work.
Such licenses are never required in the U.S.
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