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Is the US Constitution text copyrighted?

Updated: 11/10/2022
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No the text of the US Constitution is noncopyright. The age of the document (1787) alone is enough to place it in the public domain. Additionally most government works, unless perfromed by a third party contractor, do not qualify for copyright protection under section 105 of the Copyright Act.

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