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Work of the United States Government

A work of the United States Government, meaning only the federal government, not state or local government, is defined in United States Copyright Law as "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties". Such works are public domain under U.S. law. Certain works, particularly logoss of government agencies, while public domain, are still protected by other non-copyright laws. For example, the Central Intelligence Agency logo cannot be used deceptively without permission, in order to prevent the appearance of endorsement, under the CIA Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. section 403m).

The federal government can hold copyrights to works when they are transferred to it, as can happen with work produced by contractors.

Table of contents

1 Examples 2 References 3 See Also

Examples

• CIA World Factbook
• Federal Standard 1037C
• the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

References

• US Code - Definitions
• US Code - Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works

See Also

• The work of the United States Government and how it operates can be found under Federal Government of the United States
• Classified information
• Crown Copyright

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