Works of the United States Government and various other governments are excluded from copyright law and may therefore be considered to be in the public domain in their respective countries Works of the United States Government and various other governments are excluded from copyright law and may therefore be considered to be in the public domain in their respective countries 26 In the United States when copyrighted material is enacted into the law it enters the public domain The Gotti tapes were not private conversations they were taken in Federal Prison and they are fully aware that they are being recorded There is no copyright issues