Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU-R TF.460 past, present, and future

From: Ed Davies <ls_at_edavies.nildram.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:51:09 +0100

Steve Allen wrote:

> ...
> Basically, as a result of this case it has been established that the
> law in the United States must be in the public domain, and this holds
> true even if the law incorporates an external document merely by
> reference. So, if NIST tries again to modify the US Code in this
> fashion, and they succeed, then the ITU will lose their copyright over
> the content of TF.460 within the United States. Any citizen of the US
> will not be liable for reproducing it.
> ...

Well, to be precise: any citizen of the US will not be liable for
reproducing it *in the US*.

However, I think that by international treaty the US has agreed to
protect the copyright of works made in most other countries.
Therefore, US law cannot adopt UTC by reference to TF.460.

Ed.
Received on Wed Jul 30 2003 - 09:52:30 PDT