28 CFR § 512.21 - Copyright provisions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s512.21"
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title: "28 CFR § 512.21 - Copyright provisions."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "512.21"
section_name: "Copyright provisions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "512"
part_name: "RESEARCH"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 28 CFR 0.95-0.99."
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# 512.21 Copyright provisions.
(a) An employee of the Bureau may not copyright any work prepared as part of his/her official duties.
(b) As a precondition to the conduct of research under this subpart, a non-employee shall grant in writing to the Bureau a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, translate, and otherwise use and authorize others to publish and use original materials developed as a result of research conducted under this subpart.
(c) Subject to a royalty-free, non-exclusive and irrevocable license, which the Bureau of Prisons reserves, to reproduce, publish, translate, and otherwise use and authorize others to publish and use such materials, a non-employee may copyright original materials developed as a result of research conducted under this subpart.
[59 FR 13860, Mar. 23, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 6662, Feb. 12, 1997]