This work is not an object of copyright according to the Law of Georgia No. 2388-Is of September 9, 1999 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

Article 5. Subject Matter Of Copyright

Copyright does not apply to ideas, methods, processes, systems, means, concepts, principles, discoveries and facts, even if they are expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work

Article 8. Works To Which Copyright Does Not Apply

1. Copyright does not apply to the following works:

   a) official documents (laws, decisions of courts, other texts of administrative and normative character), as well as their official translations;

   b) official symbols of state (flag, emblem, anthem, award, monetary symbols, other official signs and symbols of state);

   c) information of events and facts.

2. When using the works mentioned in subparagraph "b" of this Article under the other persons name, it is possible to protect the right of author's name.

Full text of the Law: in English, in Georgian, in Russian.

This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006.

Shall not be objects of copyright:

• official documents of state government agencies and local government agencies of municipal formations, including laws, other legal texts, judicial decisions, other materials of legislative, administrative and judicial character, official documents of international organizations, as well as their official translations;
• state symbols and signs (flags, emblems, orders, any forms of money, and the like), as well as symbols and signs of municipal formations;
• works of folk art (folklore), which don't have specific authors;
• news reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character (daily news reports, television programs, transportation schedules, and the like).