Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection

Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.

What This Bill Does

• Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.

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Official Summary Text

Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection
Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10193

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       May 5, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BYNOE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the  ability  of
          government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 89 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11.  ANY  COPYRIGHT IN A RECORD PREPARED BY AN AGENCY THAT IS REQUIRED
     4  TO BE DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  ARTICLE  IS  WAIVED,
     5  EXCEPT WHERE THE RECORD REFLECTS OR INCLUDES ARTISTIC, CREATIVE OR SCHO-
     6  LARLY  WORKS  OF AUTHORSHIP, ACADEMIC COURSE MATERIALS, OR SCIENTIFIC OR
     7  ACADEMIC RESEARCH, OR IF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER INTENDS TO  DISTRIBUTE  THE
     8  RECORD  OR  A DERIVATIVE WORK BASED ON IT TO THE PUBLIC BY SALE OR OTHER
     9  TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, OR BY RENTAL, LEASE, OR LICENSE.  IF ANY  OF  THE
    10  FOREGOING  EXCEPTIONS  APPLY,  THE COPYRIGHT OWNER MAY IN ITS DISCRETION
    11  ELECT TO WAIVE ANY SUCH COPYRIGHT.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02535-01-5