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answered on Nov 30, 2016
Dear fellow New Jersian --
Under the US laws, there are 4 broad types of work protection:
(1) PATENTS, that protect inventions (new things, new way of doing things);
(2) TRADEMARKS, that protect names and symbols;
(3) COPYRIGHT, that protects an expression; and... View More 
A video record of a council meeting the the township posses. Is this copyrighted or considered public domain (it is of an open public meeting and recorded by the government-run, local TV station).
answered on Apr 22, 2011
Probably.
Check your local laws to see if they prohibit the state or the local government from holding copyrights. The Federal Government cannot get a copyright in its work, but this does not apply to state or local governments and the Federal Government can own copyrights that are assigned to it.
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