Reproduction of law in Government sites

Reproduction of law in Government sites in the United States

Public policies vary from country to country.

In Canada, in respecto of Federal Law,in 1996, a “Reproduction of Federal Law Order”, taking in account the “fundamental importance to a democratic society that its law be widely known and that its citizens have unimpeded access to that law” states that, whishing the Government of Canada to facilitate access to its law by licensing the reproduction of federal law without charge or permission; therefore ” Anyone may, without charge or request for permission, reproduce enactments and consolidations of enactments of the Government of Canada, and decisions and reasons for decisions of federally-constituted courts and administrative tribunals, provided due diligence is exercised in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced and the reproduction is not represented as an official version.” Following this authorizetion of the reproduction and dissemination of legal documents without having to obtain any prior permission, other Canadian provincial and territorial jurisdictions followed this path.

In some countries where doctrines of Crown Copyright still apply (for example, Australia), a site retrieving or showing law content is not at liberty to permit users to reproduce its data for all purposes.

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