Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org has posted The Edicts of Government Amendment, a petition calling on the U.S. Congress to amend U.S. copyright law to expressly prohibit copyright in sources of law.
Here is the text of the petition:
To promote access to justice, equal protection, innovation in the legal marketplace, and to codify long-standing public policy, the Copyright Act of the United States, 17 U.S.C., should be amended as follows:
“Edicts of government, such as judicial opinions,… [
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