"Lagoze found himself in a murky gray area of free speech and fair-use government products. U.S. citizens can already go on Pentagon-operated sites and download free military photos and video.Their tax dollars fund it, and federal government creations are not protected by copyright.
So could Lagoze take the moments he filmed with government resources and make something new?
He
worked with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
to push back against the military’s claims of impropriety. The Marine
Corps relented this month."
