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U.S. state
of
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Public records are works "made or received in connection with the official business of any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf, [which includes the work of] the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and each agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to [Florida] law or [its] Constitution" (Florida Constitution, §24) such as a work made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any state, county, district, or other unit of government created or established by law of the
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(definition of
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found in Chapter 119.011(12), Florida Statutes).
Florida's Constitution and its statutes do not permit any agency to claim copyright for "public records" unless authorized to do so by law. The following agencies are permitted to claim copyright (as well as trademarks) and
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Works by defunct state agencies may be copyrighted if these rights were transferred to a new or different agency (note that legislation transferring such right may not have been
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created
by the agency (§ 119.084, F.S. 2018).
In case law,
Microdecisions, Inc. v. Skinner
?889 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (
Findlaw
)?held that the Collier County Property Appraiser could not require commercial users to enter into a licensing agreement, holding that "[the agency] has no authority to assert copyright protection in the GIS maps, which are public records."
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Supremacy Clause
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United States Constitution
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Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual: To what extent does federal law preempt state law regarding public inspection of records?
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