LLC abides by the US and international copyright laws, which clearly define what can and cannot be copyrighted. To put it simply, no one can copyright a language. 

Authors can copyright a specific sequence of words or sentences that they put together in books, songs, poems, or digital applications and media.

As author and developer, copyright statements are placed on LLC materials to acknowledge LLC’s right to make copies of the materials.  When requested,  LLC also allows schools and individuals to also make copies its materials for educational reasons.    LLC relies on copyright to ensure the quality and reliability of the Lakota language content and format.