§ 290e. — United States copyright and renewal rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC290e]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 7A--STANDARD REFERENCE DATA PROGRAM
Sec. 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, Sec. 6, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 94-553,
Sec. 105(f), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 107-273, div. C,
title III, Sec. 13211(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1910.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 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, Sec. 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,
Sec. 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.
