<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I found this in the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA)[0] which is the reason I stated that state agencies could choose to copyright records (a further question would be if these data are considered "lists or other compilations", but perhaps best to focus on one question at a time):</div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">24-72-203</span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">(4) </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">Nothi</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">n</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">g </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">i</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">n </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">t</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">h</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">i</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">s </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">a</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">rticle </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">shall </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">preclude </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">the </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">state </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">or </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">any </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">of </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">its </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ag</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">encies, </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">institutions, </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">or </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">political </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">subdivisions </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">from </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">obtaining</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif"> and </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">enforcing</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif"> t</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">r</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ad</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">e</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">m</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">a</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">rk </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">or </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-highlight gmail-begin gmail-selected">c</span></span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-highlight gmail-middle gmail-selected">opy</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-highlight gmail-middle gmail-selected">r</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-highlight gmail-middle gmail-selected">ig</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-highlight end gmail-selected">ht</span> </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">protection </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">for </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">any</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif"> public </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">record, </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">a</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">nd </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">the </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">state </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">and </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">its </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ag</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">encies, </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">institution</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">s</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">, </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">and </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">political </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">subdivisions </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">are </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">here by </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">specifically </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">authoriz</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ed </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">to </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">obtain </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">and </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">enforce </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">suc</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">h</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif"> p</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">r</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">o</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">t</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">e</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ction </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">in </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">accordance </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">with </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">the </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">applicable </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">f</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">e</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">d</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">e</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ral </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">law; </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ex</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">cept </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">that </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">this </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">authoriz</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ation </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">shall </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">not </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">restrict </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">p</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">u</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">blic </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">a</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">ccess </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">to </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">or </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">fair </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">use </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">of</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-"> copy</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-">rig</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif" class="gmail-">ht</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">e</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">d </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">materials </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">a</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">nd </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">shall </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">not </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">a</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">pply </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">to </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">writing</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">s </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">which </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">are </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">merely </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">lists </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">or </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">other </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:serif">compilations.</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>I am not trying to make life difficult for myself or other OSM contributors interested in importing data from the state of Colorado, but it would be good to get an opinion from someone in the community on this matter who has more knowledge of the law than I do before I proceed with further planning.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div>[0] <a href="https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/info_center/files/CORA_Act.pdf">https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/info_center/files/CORA_Act.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 12:41 PM Mateusz Konieczny via Imports <<a href="mailto:imports@openstreetmap.org">imports@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mar 12, 2020, 19:19 by <a href="mailto:bmay@mapwise.com" target="_blank">bmay@mapwise.com</a>:<br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid rgb(147,163,184);padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div>But the state statutes are where you
      find the details and final answers. If copyright is not mentioned
      at all in the statutes, then its public domain, right?<br></div></blockquote><div>Copyright is automatic since 1978 and registration is not necessary.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Work by employees of USA federal government is special and public domain by default.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is something special about work of other levels of government that would make it public domain<br></div><div>without any additional law? AFAIK no.<br></div><div><br></div>  </div>

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