NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE

BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

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PRINCIPLE 5

5. Facts should be treated as belonging to the public domain as they are under current law.

The educational mission requires that all who are engaged in it be able to examine and analyze facts without restriction. Compilations of facts that are creative or add value may be protected by copyright, but the facts themselves are and should remain in the public domain.