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== State Copyright / Public Domain Question??? ==

My question relates to whether or not information published by an individual state is classified as public domain.  I know federal government publications are, but what about states (WV specifically).  I am particularly interested in information published on a state university website that I would like to use as part of a research project.  --[[User:ScottyBoy900Q|ScottyBoy900Q]][[User talk:ScottyBoy900Q|<span style="color:red;">∞</span>]] 01:38, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* See the section '''[[Wikipedia:Help_desk#Government_website_copyrights|Government website copyrights]]''' on this page. [[User:Mateo SA|Mateo SA]] 01:41, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
** Ok, so if its copyrighted it '''can't''' be used as public domain?--[[User:ScottyBoy900Q|ScottyBoy900Q]][[User talk:ScottyBoy900Q|<span style="color:red;">∞</span>]] 01:43, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*** Yes. "[[Public domain]]" means that a publication is not under [[copyright]]. If something is under copyright, it can't be used without the permission of the owner of the copyright. [[User:Mateo SA|Mateo SA]] 04:42, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
***James and I wrote the [[Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ|Copyright FAQ]] to answer basic questions like yours. Go read :) [[User:Raul654|→Raul654]] 04:53, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)