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== Using Public Domain Information == Hopefully this is the correct location to ask this...When taking information off of a public domain source (like a US government website or book) is it acceptable to copy the entire article? I have noticed many direct copies of certain government sources and I was unsure if this was considered "couth." Is it any different then taking a government image and using that? ~[[User:ScottyBoy900Q|ScottyBoy900Q]] 05:24 5 Aug. 2004 (UTC) :Public domain means that there are no copyright controls at all. That means that the text can be copied exactly, without even a legal requirement to attribute. For Wikipedia we prefer that the source be attributed, but other than that, there's nothing wrong with putting the material directly into a Wikipedia article. I remember doing this myself on [[NOAA Corps]]. [[User:Isomorphic|Isomorphic]] 05:45, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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