Oregon folds: Legislative Counsel's Committee says Oregon's laws aren't copyrighted

By at 10:17 pm Thursday, Jun 19

Rogue archivist Carl Malamud sez,
Justia and Public.Resource.Org were invited, along with Karl Olson our counsel, to testify before the Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee. We were joined by a public panel of wikipedians and open source advocates.

The process was incredibly well organized. There was a comprehensive briefing packet prepared for the committee, the members asked lots of intelligent questions, and then Dexter Johnson the Legislative Counsel recommended to the committee that they waive assertion of copyright on their statutes. The Majority Leader placed the motion, the President of the Senate called the vote, and the vote was unanimous. This was democracy in action and was great to watch.

Link, Link to the prepared statements submitted by Public Resource (Thanks, Carl!)

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