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Copyright Crash Course: Public Domain

This guide is part of the Copyright Crash Course. This section of the Crash Course is intended to address questions about the public domain and the absence of copyright protection. This LibGuide is from "Copyright Crash Course" by Georgia Harper, Unive

Federal Government Websites

These sites provide access to federal government resources - images, reports, maps, etc. While U.S. federal government documents are in the public domain, work done by private citizens and contractors is not. Please carefully review any items you want to use for indications of third party content.