Court Records: Public Access v. Privacy
2000 · National Technical Information Service (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Federal Judicial Center. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Federal Judicial Center
- Internet Archive item
- gov.ntis.ava20972vnb1 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/)
The record
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Federal Judicial Center ava20972vnb1 -- 4137-V/00 (2000) Court Records: Public Access v. Privacy December 8, 2000. This program features a spirited discussion with three bankruptcy judges about the problems raised by electronic access to court records. The courts' use of imaging and electronic case filing may allow anyone with a computer and a modem to access court records. Presenting different opinions on this issue are Chief Judges J. Rich Leonard (Bankr. E.D.N.C.) and Dennis D. O'Brien (Bankr. D. Minn.), and Judge Michael J. Kaplan (Bankr. W.D.N.Y.).