(1) laws and regulations, resolutions, decisions and orders of State organs, other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature and the official translations thereof;
(2) mere information about facts or happenings; and
(3) calendars, numerical tables and forms of general use, and formulas.
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The following items shall not be the subject matter of copyright:
The constitution, acts, regulations, or official documents.
Translations or compilations by central or local government agencies of works referred to in the preceding subparagraph.
Slogans and common symbols, terms, formulas, numerical charts, forms, notebooks, or almanacs.
Oral and literary works for news reports that are intended strictly to communicate facts.
Test questions and alternative test questions from all kinds of examinations held pursuant to laws or regulations.
The term "official documents" in the first subparagraph of the preceding paragraph includes proclamations, text of speeches, news releases, and other documents prepared by civil servants in the course of carrying out their duties.
WORKS OF STATE RUN ENTERPRISES ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY FREE OF COPYRIGHT.
The news of the day and the reports of various events as simple information in any way disclosed.
Applications, allegations, complaints and other texts submitted in writing or orally before public authorities or services;
Proposed texts and speeches delivered to assemblies or other collegiate bodies, political, administrative, national, regional or local levels, or in public debates on matters of common interest
Political speeches
The texts of conventions, laws, regulations, reports and administrative and judicial decisions, as well as decisions by any other entities or authorities from the State or Administration (§8,1), when not organized in systematized or annotated compilations.
Ce document est dans le domaine public aux États-Unis car il s'agit d'un acte d'une autorité locale ou d'une administration nationale ou étrangère (§ 313.6(C)(2) du Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). Entrent dans le domaine public — entre autres — : « les décisions judiciaires, actes administratifs, décrets, ordonnances et documents juridiques officiels publics ».
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