I’m talking about the military newspaper, not the cheesy Sousa march.
As far as I can tell it’s published by the DoD, not a private company, so does it count as a publication of the federal government, or is it copyrighted by some entity?
Well, this notice:
© 2008 Stars and Stripes. All Rights Reserved
appears on this page:
Edit to add: And the “About Us” link contains:
*Stars and Stripes is a Department of Defense-authorized daily newspaper distributed overseas for the U.S. military community. Editorially independent of interference from outside its own editorial chain-of-command, it provides commercially available U.S. and world news and objective staff-produced stories relevant to the military community in a balanced, fair, and accurate manner. By keeping its audience informed, Stars and Stripes enhances military readiness and better enables U.S. military personnel and their families stationed overseas to exercise their responsibilities of citizenship.
- Revised DoD Directive 5122.11 *
“Cheesy”? That is one great march. Fun to play, fun to march to, fun to listen to - stirring, powerful, beautifully crafted, and a classic. Familiar, maybe. Overly familiar? Not to me, although maybe to you. But “cheesy”? No way, buddy.
I had to post. “Stars & Stripes Forever” is the name of the
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Sousa march.
Note the “Forever.”
It is the country’s National March. (In case we needed one.) Come to think of it, I guess if you think marches in general are cheesy, then it’s the ultimate in cheese.
And also, why would the publication Stars and Stripes not be copyrighted just because it’s put out by a governmental entity? Copyright is copyright.
For the most part, things published by the US Government are not under copyright protection. You are free to do with them what you will.
From this page
ETA - here’s a much better citation - http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#piu
Because works of the federal gummint are not generally copyrightable:
So what I’m wondering is whether Stars and Stripes counts as a “work of the United States Government.”
A cheesy Sousa march. Jarheads must love that one. 
From that “about us” info provided above, it sounds to me like they went out of their way to specifically say they aren’t produced directly by the federal gov’t, and are thus able to claim copyright.
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From Wiki:
It’s hard to parse that exactly, but it apparently means that to maintain its independence it keeps an arms-length relationship with the DoD despite receiving funding from them.
That could explain how it keeps a right to copyright, unlike direct government publications.
I have no knowledge of copyright law. I do read Stars and Stripes. Just wanted to point out that a large percentage of the articles come from the AP. I’m not sure how that effects its status as per the OP.
Actually, as a march, it’s just ducky …
“Be kind to your web-footed friends …”