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This file constitutes "[a] document[], paper[], letter[], map[], book[], tape[], photograph[], film[], sound recording[], data processing [program], or other material, regardless of the physical form, characteristics, or means of transmission, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any ['state, county, district, authority, or municipal officer, department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other separate unit of government created or established by law' of the State of Florida]" (definition of public work at [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0119/SEC011.HTM&Title=-%3E2005-%3ECh0119-%3ESection%20011#0119.011 Fla. Stat. § 119.011(11)]), and does not fall into any of the various categories of works for which the legislature has specifically permitted copyright to be claimed (see, e.g., "§ 24.105(10), Fla. Stat. (2003) [authorizing the Department of the Lottery to hold copyrights]; § 601.101, Fla. Stat. (2003) [permitting the Department of Citrus to hold legal title to copyrights]; § 1004.23, Fla. Stat. (2002) [authorizing universities to secure copyrights in certain works]" [summaries in original]). It is consequently in the public domain according to court interpretation of the [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes&CFID=3347894&CFTOKEN=65855692#A01S24 Florida Constitution, Article I, § 24(a)] and [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0119/SEC01.HTM&Title=-%3E2005-%3ECh0119-%3ESection%2001#0119.01 Florida Statutes, § 119.01]. See Microdecisions, Inc. v. Abe Skinner ([http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/floridastatecases/app/app2_12_2004/2d03-3346.pdf Findlaw]): "Florida's Constitution and its statutes do not permit public records to be

copyrighted unless the legislature specifically states they can be".
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