<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:48 PM, John Cowan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cowan@mercury.ccil.org">cowan@mercury.ccil.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Thorsten Glaser scripsit:<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">It's a proprietary work belonging to the United States government, who<br>
could sue you in a German court for modifying or distributing it, at<br>
least in principle. Presumably they would not, having no incentive to<br>
do so, and the court might decide that their Berne copyright had been<br>
abandoned -- but it might not.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><div>I'm just curious... wouldn't that hypothetical act by the United States government violate national treatment? National treatment is required of Berne countries.</div><div><br></div><div>
-Andy</div>