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I need to check with the friend who'd said it was available.

I turned up a copy through a friendly online librarian (as with the Economist article). Given the age of both publications and their rather minimal commercial value, the hoop-jumping is annoying.

That said, the general availability (if not legality) of information online has absolutely exploded over the past decade or so.

Abesence of copyright in published works in the US is a specific and legislated exception to exclusive rights in copyright, and applies only to the US Federal government. Not states, counties, cities, or other governmental units. And not foreign governments either. 17 USC 105(a)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105



Ah, okay. I forgot that bit, I've removed the erroneous section.




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