State Copyright Can Limit FOI Material
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that states may assert copyright protection to prevent the distribution of public records obtained with freedom of information laws. Public records are commonly used for profiling and building dossiers on citizens.Suffolk County v. First American, U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit.
FOI Material Limited by State Copyright, Tech Law Journal Daily Report, August 7, 2001.
