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3 unusual facts about crown copyright


Crown copyright

Crown copyright was also defined as subsisting "in every Act of Parliament, Act of the Scottish Parliament, Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly or Measure of the General Synod of the Church of England".

Office of Public Sector Information

After 1996 the Controller of HMSO remained Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament and retained the role of administering Crown copyright.

OPSI is part of The National Archives of the United Kingdom and it is responsible for Crown copyright.


Weather radio

(The first option is not available, or at least legal, in Canada, where Environment Canada's forecasts are under crown copyright.) Accuweather (through United Stations) and The Weather Channel (through Dial Global's NBC Radio Network) both operate large national weather radio networks through AM and FM stations.


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