[Sigifp-l] Copyright FAQ Published by U.S. Federal Science and Technology Interagency Group

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PRESS RELEASE


Contact:  Bonnie Klein
copyright at dtic.mil.


For Immediate Release
April 30, 2002

Copyright Questions Answered:  Rights, Limits, and Liabilities

Washington, D.C.  What rights does copyright provide?  How long does 
copyright last?  Is a U.S. Government work provided copyright protection?  If 
a work was created under a government contract, who holds the copyright?  
Does the U.S. Government have any special rights to use copyrighted material? 
 

These are only a few of the questions addressed by the newly published 
"Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright "from CENDI.  The 63 questions 
and answers contained in this initial publication address copyright and 
contract law that affect federal government information dissemination 
practices.  Developed primarily as an awareness tool for use by federal 
librarians, information center managers, publications managers, and 
government authors, the FAQ is available on CENDI's website at 
http://www.dtic.mil/cendi/publications/00-3copyright.html. 

CENDI is an interagency cooperative organization composed of scientific and 
technical information (STI) managers from the Departments of Agriculture, 
Commerce, Energy, Education, Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), Health and Human Services, Interior, and the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA).  Their Copyright Task Group developed the 
publication in response to requests from member agencies to address copyright 
from an operational perspective.  As part of the task group, members of 
General Counsel staff from the U. S. Departments of Commerce and Energy, 
Defense Information Systems Agency, EPA, NASA, National Institutes of Health, 
and U.S. Geological Survey were involved in formulating the FAQ answers.

Because the copyright arena is dynamic, the FAQ publication is designed as a 
living document.  It will be revised as copyright and intellectual property 
issues are raised as frequently asked questions.  The initial publication 
primarily addresses U.S. Copyright Law as provided at Title 17 of the United 
States Code (17 USC - Copyrights).


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