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Wait, USPS is a privately owned entity? If not, aren't products of government entities public by default? Therefore, any proprietary information is owned by the public, isn't it?

Or did I completely misunderstand the whole thing?



Currently, it's kind of semi-privatized: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act

But Congress still has oversight over it, and it's legally obligated to service all Americans.

There are some people who think we should go further, and fully privatize it: http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/usps


Reading about that now. I always thought they were 'federal employees', because it was a federal service.


Tell that to the NSA. They just Cease&Desist'd on intellectual property grounds someone who made a satirical t-shirt using their logo.


Things can be in the public domain, but have restricted usage - example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_insignia#Usage




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