Other than under the fair-use doctrine discussed in questions 5 through 7, can I ever copy material without infringing someones copyright?
Works in the public domain may be freely copied; however, collections, translations, and edited versions of works in the public domain may be protected by copyright. Works in the public domain include works that have never been the subject of copyright protection and works whose term of copyright protection has expired. In addition, most works created by the U.S. government, including documents prepared by an officer or employee of the federal government as part of that persons official duties, are in the public domain and thus may be freely copied. The right to copy U.S. government-created works without permission, however, does not extend to documents published by others with the support of U.S. government funds, grants, or contracts; to portions of government documents that contain copyrighted material from other nonprofit sources; or to publishers edited, annotated, or compiled versions of such documents. Absence of a copyright notice does not necessarily indicate that the work is
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