[acheron9383]

While I don't disagree with the California law, it is reasonable for a company to hold copyright over it's materials and products. I'm not sure a California state law can just hand wave away a federal statue and break the copyright, presumably violating the contract the police agencies made in the past with these companies. If they do so, the companies will probably sue the state, and they may win a bunch of taxpayer money.

To me, it seems like the California agency is the one in the wrong here, they need to be using training courses that are able to comply with the above law, rather than just slapping up a "we cant comply sorry" message.

[annoyingnoob]

Sorry the police and government generally do not have free reign over us. In an era of so much police brutality its perfectly reasonable to ask how they were trained and what the training materials consist of. Lots of things at the library are under copyright but I can check them out and read them for free. Why should police training materials be different?