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	<title>Comments on: Former Justice Minister claims copyright on parts of Liberian legal code</title>
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		<title>By: HENRY</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The 2007 UN Panel Report raised this issue (S/2007/340) too.  

They said:
180. The issue of the copyright status of the Liberian Law Codes and Records has 
been impeding the reproduction and dissemination of those materials. Liberian Law 
Reports Inc., a company headed by Councillor Philip Banks, is claiming copyright 
over work that it carried out on the Liberian Law Reports Supreme Court Opinions, 
volumes 28 to 39, even though it did so under a paid contract with the United States 
Government. Having corresponded with the United States Department of Justice, 
which oversaw the work, the Panel believes that the company’s grounds for 
claiming copyright are questionable and ethically dubious. 
 
181. The Panel recommends that an electronic version of the work carried out by 
Liberian Law Reports Inc., under contract with the United States Government be 
supplied to the Government of Liberia for the benefit of the nation, in keeping with 
policy of the United States Agency for International Development on copyright 
authorization.

The Government of Liberia should reprint the law (removing whatever intellectual property is Mr Banks&#039; own [i.e., notations, etc]) as well as publishing the laws electronically.  They could publish a lot of copies for $100,000.

But the US Government should also clarify what exactly the contract was the Mr Banks was awarded.  Generally when work is done under contract, the contractor holds any copyright, not the contractee...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 2007 UN Panel Report raised this issue (S/2007/340) too.  </p>
<p>They said:<br />
180. The issue of the copyright status of the Liberian Law Codes and Records has<br />
been impeding the reproduction and dissemination of those materials. Liberian Law<br />
Reports Inc., a company headed by Councillor Philip Banks, is claiming copyright<br />
over work that it carried out on the Liberian Law Reports Supreme Court Opinions,<br />
volumes 28 to 39, even though it did so under a paid contract with the United States<br />
Government. Having corresponded with the United States Department of Justice,<br />
which oversaw the work, the Panel believes that the company’s grounds for<br />
claiming copyright are questionable and ethically dubious. </p>
<p>181. The Panel recommends that an electronic version of the work carried out by<br />
Liberian Law Reports Inc., under contract with the United States Government be<br />
supplied to the Government of Liberia for the benefit of the nation, in keeping with<br />
policy of the United States Agency for International Development on copyright<br />
authorization.</p>
<p>The Government of Liberia should reprint the law (removing whatever intellectual property is Mr Banks&#8217; own [i.e., notations, etc]) as well as publishing the laws electronically.  They could publish a lot of copies for $100,000.</p>
<p>But the US Government should also clarify what exactly the contract was the Mr Banks was awarded.  Generally when work is done under contract, the contractor holds any copyright, not the contractee&#8230;</p>
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