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		gwern on Oct 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf] It's also interesting legally: most works of the federal government are born into the public domain. So how is the Army keeping copyright, or are they just mistaken?

officemonkey on Oct 21, 2014 | [–]

It's likely that the Army is not asserting copyright. They're just not providing it for distribution.

tshaddox on Oct 21, 2014 | [–]

It's probably not the case with this manual, but I suspect the classification system could be invoked in many cases.

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