2013 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 7A - STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM (§§ 290 - 290f)
Section 290e - United States copyright and renewal rights

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
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Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 7A - STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM
Sec. 290e - United States copyright and renewal rights
Containssection 290e
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 90-396, §6, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 94-553, §105(f), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; <!-- PDFPage:637 -->Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title III, §13211(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1910.
Statutes at Large References82 Stat. 340
90 Stat. 2599
116 Stat. 1910
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 90-396, Public Law 94-553, Public Law 107-273

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United States copyright and renewal rights - 15 U.S.C. § 290e (2013)
§290e. United States copyright and renewal rights

(a) Notwithstanding the limitations under section 105 of title 17, the Secretary may secure copyright and renewal thereof on behalf of the United States as author or proprietor in all or any part of any standard reference data which he prepares or makes available under this chapter, and may authorize the reproduction and publication thereof by others.

(b) The publication or republication by the Government under this chapter, either separately or in a public document, of any material in which copyright is subsisting shall not be taken to cause any abridgment or annulment of the copyright or to authorize any use or appropriation of such material without the consent of the copyright proprietor.

(Pub. L. 90–396, §6, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 94–553, §105(f), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §13211(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1910.)

AMENDMENTS

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273, §13211(b)(2), substituted "Notwithstanding the limitations under section 105 of title 17," for "Notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 105 of title 17,".

Pub. L. 107–273, §13211(b)(1), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 94–553. See 1976 Amendment note below.

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–553, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, §13211(b)(1), substituted "section 105 of title 17" for "section 8 of title 17".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102 of Pub. L. 94–553, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 17, Copyrights.

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