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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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.
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