§ 290e. United States copyright and renewal rights

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1968

   Standard Reference Data Act

   Pub. L. 90–396 § 6 · 82 Stat. 339

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 290e

   Pub. L. 90–396, § 6, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 90–396, § 6, July 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 340

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. (a) Notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 8 of title 17 of the United States Code, 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 Act, and may authorize the reproduction and publication thereof by others. (b) The publication or republication by the Government under tins Act, 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.

2. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–553 § 105(f) · 90 Stat. 2541

   1. Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 290e(a)

      Pub. L. 94–553, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, § 13211(b)(1)

   2. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 290e(a)

      Pub. L. 94–553, as substituted “section 105 of title 17” for “section 8 of title 17”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (f) Subsection (a) of section 290(e) of title 15 is amended by 15 USC 290e. deleting the phrase “section 8” and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase “section 105”.

   Effective date note
   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.

3. 2002

   Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–273 § 13211(b)(2) · 116 Stat. 1758

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 290e(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,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 6(a) of the Standard Reference Data Act (15 U.S.C. 290e) is amended by striking “Notwithstanding” and all that follows through “United States Code,” and inserting “Notwithstanding the limitations under section 105 of title 17, United States Code,”.

4. 2002

   Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–273 § 13211(b)(1) · 116 Stat. 1758

   Changed · 15 U.S.C. § 290e(a)

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

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

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

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 105(f) of Public Law 94—553 is amended by striking “section 290(e) of title 15” and inserting “section 6 of the Standard Reference Data Act (15 U.S.C. 290e)”.

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