• 4am@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Wait, the LAPD is a government entity. They are funded with public taxpayer money.

    They cannot own a copyright or a trademark. It belongs to the public.

    EDIT: this is also why you can use NASA footage and audio recordings royalty free in your own works. Because you already paid for them.

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      5 months ago

      This is easy to get around, often the copyright will just be held by a contractor.

      Unlike works of the U.S. government, works produced by contractors under government contracts are protected under U.S. copyright law . The holdership of the copyright depends on the terms of the contract and the type of work undertaken.

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      I don’t think that’s right, not least of all because they actually do have LAPD as a registered trademark.