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change.gov set free

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Consistent with the values of any "open government," and with his strong leadership on "free debates" from the very start, the Obama team has modified the copyright notice on change.gov to embrace the freest CC license.

This is great news about a subject that's harder than it seems. One might well ask why is this an issue at all? The one thing copyright law is pretty good at is exempting works of the government from copyright protection. Why should the published work of a transition, or a President, be any different?

I don't think it should be, but I get why this is a hard issue. Whether or not one was free to republish works printed by the GPO, the freedom that digital technologies enables here is certainly enough to give one pause. I'm fine with the pause; I'd be happy to defend the freedom explicitly. But it is understandable that this is something that any administration would have to think through.

I'm glad the thought in this administration led to the right conclusion, so quickly, and in the midst of so much else going on.

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Comments (48)

Wow..a big step! I'am also agree with O'Reilly and the revision control:

http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/11/change-gov-revision-control.html

Thanks for your efforts at getting this clarified and changed. Whether the efforts were via cocktail, 2 by 4, or AK47, they worked.

BTW: I got a really weird CAPTCHA: "Laurence corrupt." Twilight zone stuff.

"Works created by an agency of the United States government are public domain at the moment of creation.[8] Examples include military journalism, federal court opinions (but not necessarily state court opinions), congressional committee reports, and census data. However, works created by a contractor for the government are still subject to copyright. Even public domain documents may have their availability limited by laws limiting the spread of classified information." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#United_States_law

Works published by the U.S. federal government enter the public domain automatically, and even if these materials are ostensibly exempt because Obama hasn't yet been inaugurated they should be no exception, especially as they're released on a .gov domain.

this is such good news. i envy you, the americans :)

I think it is great news and shows clearly that new goverment is staying behind their words, even if there would be other resrictions with documents.

This is a little bizarre. Even the freest Creative Commons license is *more* restrictive than being in the public domain, not less. I'm not required to "make clear to others the license terms of this work" or " attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor" for public domain works, as I must for the CC license Change.gov has chosen.

Why not acknowledge that the works on Change.gov are in the public domain? This just seems odd to me.

Isn't everything the US gov produces in public domain already?

Larry, thanks, this is real impressive on all parts!

Craig

I'm not sure that this would qualify as a "government work" yet - Obama is not yet president. In any case, a lot of government works are subject to copyright (for example, if they are prepared by private contractors, which I am sure this website is...) I'm glad that the Creative Commons license is there.

"All Rights Reserved" and any Creative Commons license are EQUALLY irrelevant on change.gov, because they are copyright licenses, and governmental works don't have a copyright to start with. Obama using EITHER doesn't demonstrate values of any "open government", it demonstrates misunderstanding of copyright law.

@Larisa: What then, is the ".gov" supposed to mean?

The .gov means nothing. Federal Reserve has a .gov website but it's not federal. Also, the States governments have .gov websites.

a) As Obama and Lessig are both lawyers, I assume that they know what they are doing and that Change.gov can be copyright controlled, and that the Creative Copyright license can be used.

b) Additionally, it does seem to me that the specific license is appropriate. I know that when I see a comment on another blug/posting..., I do apprediate being ablt to see the original materal and the license under which Change.gov can be used only restricts its use so that the reader can trace back to the source. So, I prefer that the user be required to point to the original source, "Attribution"

Even if you provisionally grant the idea that the content on the transition website is not "official government content" and therefore not inherently in the public domain, it still begs the question: Why use a different standard? Why not license it into the public domain, the same as other government-published content?

I’m as big an Obama fan as the next guy, but this is really making me scratch my head here. Even if Change.gov were created by a government contractor, and thus subject to copyright, anything more restrictive than a public domain dedication is simply inconsistent with Obama’s platform of transparent governance.

There is some question in my mind if change.gov is actually a government site or not, so the copyright may not fall under the laws that make U.S. federal government public domain automatically. At one point the site claimed to be set up by a political transitional organization under some non-profit IRS category. I don't see that any more so I assume it is now officially a government site (but I am not sure). However, assuming it does fall under the definition of a US government work, the CC license is not more restrictive outside of the US since the copyright exclusion for government works "is not intended to have any impact on protection of these works abroad (S. REP. NO. 473, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 56 (1976)" (http://cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html#317). It is, however, more restrictive inside of the USA, and thus I do not see it as open or transparent as it could be. This leads me to agree with John Plato, Mike Abundo, and other commenters above, why not use the same standard as other government documents are used, which is more open then the license they have chosen?

I don't think this is a legal matter per se. It's one of philosophical and political posturing coupled with a perceived need for some protection against unfair or intentionally damaging use of “content”. To my knowledge Obama remains a private citizen with regard to the presidency until he is sworn in. Therefore what's happening now is not official US government stuff and there's no public domain stipulation until he takes the oath at inauguration. No doubt, it isn't nearly that simple since there are so many people involved, some who are presently in a governmental capacity and many who are simply interested in protecting their private work or have obligations with other organizations that have some claim to their work. Can of worms.
In my view change.gov has an entitlement to copyright protection (“dot gov” throws a wrinkle in that but I'm assuming it's “just a server.”) That's a bit odious for them to claim so they've opted for CC to afford some protection.
Protection from what? Well, probably not financial so much. More likely the concern is that some entity would seek to do damage with the works. If that entity is Lessig's amateur remixer on YouTube, who cares? If that entity is defined by names like Fox, O'Reilly, and Murdock somebody probably does care, a lot.

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Wow, you do indeed bring up some good points!

jess
http://www.privacy.de.tc

Is this really our most important and pressing matter in a time of financial crisis?

I don't know how this got a dot-gov domain, but one interesting aspect of the site is the "open government" section where visitors can upload content to the site (tell your story). That content is subject to DMCA notice-and-takedown (that section follows the CC section at the top of http://change.gov/about/copyright_policy ).

Assuming it is not requested to be taken down, the user-contributed content is nevertheless subject to the CC attribution license, along with content presented by the transition team itself.

Because of this complication with non-governmental origin of some content, it may confuse the pure public domain question. It certainly is simpler for all content on the site to be treated the same, rather than having transition-originating content be treated differently from user-contributed content. Something about that complication seems to me like it's just asking for trouble (the potential for confusion is ultimately a gray zone), and I can understand why they might have shied away from it.

This circumstance is in fact completely novel, and they are inventing it as they go. Again, this transition is definitely time-limited, and the admin itself will have to figure out something different yet, if it wants to continue the open-government stuff, which I believe they will.

This looks to me like an interesting example of pragmatism in execution while aiming for admirable values.

Let not perfection be the enemy of the good. Democracy is a sausage factory.

".gov" does not equal "work of the federal government", nor has it ever. Change.gov is not produced by employees of the federal government in the course of their work for the federal government. Therefore it is not public domain.

I know how hard it can be to pleas all and sundry, and despite all that ails us the world over, these are indications, or further indications of steps in the right direction in terms of rights management and open governance. All I can say is, we need hope where ever we can find it and here's a glimmer and no one's going to take it away from me...

Now, if we can have some vision on spectrum...

-ag.

Can anyone post the old copyright notice?

The purpose of this exercise was not to enable the public to have better access to government documents -- as other commenters have noted, that could be accomplished merely by noting that the site is in the public domain.

No, the purpose of this exercise was to illustrate that Lessig has influence over Obama, and gets him to do things. THAT is what it is about.

(and yes, it's wierd that a president-elect is arrogating to himself the .gov domain already -- worrisome).

Ryan Kaldari: Do you know for sure that this is not a work of the federal government? If so, where did you find that information? The about page on the site seems to say it is an official government site. Specifically, it says:


This site is for the Office of the President-elect and Office of the Vice President-elect, as recognized by the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 USC 102 note). The Presidential Transition Act specifically authorizes the Administrator of GSA to provide services and support to the Office of the President-elect beginning the day after the election until 30 days after the inauguration to support the orderly transfer of executive power after a general election. This site provides information to the public in support of this important public purpose.

I love the new president

Obama is a handsome man

This must be rewarding for you to see the Creative Commons license mentioned and used in this new federal administration.

Two points: First, it is my understanding that all work created by the US Federal Government is already public domain and can be used for copies and derivative works.

Second, I sincerely hope the high quality format of choice for the Obama Administration is not Apple's Quicktime. Citizens will be limited in participating in this media, unless they can be provided Quicktime decoder software royalty-free, in perpetuity, with no redistributions restrictions, Since Apple is unlikely to make such a deal, the government should choose an open format for their media distribution, like over-the-air television, radio, and Ogg media formats. We will be heading down a dangerous road if citizens are expected to make agreements with corporations in order to participate in our government.

Agree with your point ! but we need to wait till january 20 ......... !
we all thank god that he has given us a good leader to lead

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That's great, Larry!

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December 2, 2008 1:46 PM Willian Galdino:

http://change.gov/about/copyright_policy

Good bite!
Congratulations.
Eeverybody knows that!

Here in Brazil some guys are smiing and burning fireworks!

Best,

If you're interested in how Obama may use technology as President, you may find my March 2008 essay The Coming Digital Presidency of interest: http://digitalpresidency.com

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FreeGovernmentInformation has been following the change.gov copyright policy and mounted an email campaign to advocate its change. See discussions at http://freegovinfo.info/taxonomy/term/876

Contrary to some of the statements made in comments, the U.S. taxpayer pays salaries as well as office space and equipment for the President-elect's transition team. Congress has budgeted $8.52 million for the General Services Administration to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.

The Presidents-elect have also raised money to supplement the taxpayer funds. The most expensive (in 2008 dollars) transition since 1952 was Clinton's. However, George W. had a short transition period (starting in December, not November), so his would be the most expensive if calculated on a per day rate.

See http://uspolitics.about.com/od/elections/a/prez_transition.htm

A CC license makes sense for the UGC portion of the Change.gov website. It does not make sense for any material prepared by the transition team, especially since the site specifically cites the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 as its reason for being. Thus, the site is an official part of the U.S. Government. You don't get a ".gov" domain name unless your material is for an official government purpose!

Moreover, the more appropriate CC license if they're not going public domain (and there is a CC Public Domain license) would be attribution + non-commercial!

Oh, and the "you are exiting" popup on outbound links is so annoying.

Does all this mean that if we petition for a return to the copyright law of 1790 we'll get a hearing?

It's nice that he has some sort of sensitivity to the issue, but unless we go back and deal with the questions raise by Thomas Babington Macaulay in in 1841 (http://yarchive.net/macaulay/copyright.html) we will be getting nowhere.

Kathy,

Part of the notice was that our comments are posted under the CC. We agree to that by posting there.

This post is copyrighted by the insane current copyright law, and you have no right to copy it except under the very vague fair use exemptions invented by precedent, me explicitly giving you the right, or some right to copy I implicitly gave you by posting this site. Since there is no monetary value exchanged it isn't clear that any CC provision at this site is enforceable, and since I have not given you the right to copy this post, you may not be allowed to copy it to your computer and read it. You may be breaking the law reading this post.

Obviously, anything which cannot be copyrighted isn't covered by the CC.

Jim.

Hi, Jim:

This blog (Lessig) is licensed as CC Attribution 3.0. IANAL, but I believe someone could make a reasonable argument that the comments (mine and yours) fall under that same license.

Let me repeat myself: the content created by the Obama transition team as part of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 is created with taxpayer money and should be public domain upon creation.

User-generated content on Change.gov is a different animal. Having a CC license for UGC is smart -- but it shouldn't be retroactive and it should be attribution AND non-commercial.

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