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>Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:26:53 -0500
>From: Pete Weiss <Pete-Weiss@...>
>Subject: Florida government office may not copyright maps
>
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>Official loses copyright case By MIKE HOYEM, The News-Press Bonita
Springs
>Florida, December 8, 2004. A court has ruled Collier County Property
>Appraiser Abe Skinner cannot copyright maps created by his office
and
>demand royalties from those who use them to make a profit.
Wednesday's
>decision by the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland was hailed
as a
>victory for public records access by the First Amendment
Foundation, an
>open-government advocacy group in Tallahassee....
>Source: http://gort.ucsd.edu/mtdocs/archives/laz/002094.html
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