- 1.0 Glossary of Terms
- 2.0 Copyright Basics
- 3.0 U.S. Government Works
- 4.0 Works Created Under a Federal Contract or Grant
- 5.0 Use of Copyrighted Works
- 6.0 Applicable Copyright Legislation and Other Resources on the Internet
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...pivoting to focus on innovation. Still blogging about copyright and occasionally on digitization.
- 1.0 Glossary of Terms
- 2.0 Copyright Basics
- 3.0 U.S. Government Works
- 4.0 Works Created Under a Federal Contract or Grant
- 5.0 Use of Copyrighted Works
- 6.0 Applicable Copyright Legislation and Other Resources on the Internet
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There are significant differences between works in the public domain and works of the federal government which need to be considered for digitization projects.
Title 17 USC Sec 403, "Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works" provides incentives for identifying government works as such. The very existance of this provision suggests that Congress and the USG saw a need to distinguish USG works from both the public domain and from copyrighted works.
A possible reason lies in Title 17 USC §105 which has two parts. The first prohibits government copyright in works by government employees; the second allows government copyright ownership in the works of others. For a variety of reasons, agencies may choose to assert their copyright and reserve all or some rights.
See "Copyright Alert! Even U.S. Government Information May Be Copyrighted." April 2009, Searcher Magazine. www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr09/Klein.shtml
Bonnie Klein
Co-Chair, CENDI Copyright Working Group
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