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Under Section 105 of the copyright law, "Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise."

Under Section 105 of the copyright law, "Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise."

Generally anything published before 1923 cannot have copyright protection and is in the public domain.<ref>http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm</ref>  Also, photographs of paintings in the public domain would ordinarily not qualify for copyright protection either.<ref>[[Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.]]</ref>

Generally anything published in the United States before 1923 no longer has copyright protection and is in the public domain <ref>http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm</ref>, though works first published in other countries before that time may still be under US copyright. Also, photographs of paintings in the public domain would ordinarily not qualify for copyright protection either.<ref>[[Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.]]</ref>

For Conservapedia's copyright policy, see [[Conservapedia:Copyright]].

For Conservapedia's copyright policy, see [[Conservapedia:Copyright]].