The case hinges on questions of who owns a piece of data and the circumstances under which the information can be viewed as
residing in the public domain, accessible by all and sundry.
SB 1784 by Sen. Larry Taylor / Rep. Dan Huberty clarifies the definition of «open - source instructional material» to refer to resources that
reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that allows for free use, including courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, videos tests, software and other materials used to support access to knowledge.
If you do not
reside in the relevant jurisdiction for which the
public domain designation has been made, it is your responsibility to check the laws of your country of residence prior to downloading or accessing such literary works.