I would like to think that this tenet of the Code of Ethics means you can't
violate it, as in take it, or part of it, and claim it as your own, or
print/quote it without permission of the author. But then, government
information is Public Record, isn't it?

I would hope it does NOT mean we can't rail against it, protest it, call
attention to it, etc.
We do that against books, photos, advertisements, etc with content we
object to. We are not mandated by IBLCE to accept and respect the content
of those copyrighted materials, just the owners' rights of authorship.

While quoting from a book or news article, or reproducing a picture without
permission of the author is a violation of copyright, I don't believe that
is true of patents. Government (USA) publishing is, I believe, considered
to be public record and available to anyone. I believe the content is
private to the R&D developers up to the point that it is published by the
Patent Office...but I'm not a lawyer.

Just my opinion. I hope you keep on keeping on, Valerie.

Phyllis


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--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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