48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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12 sections with “copyrighted works”

  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    …ractor must obtain permission of the contracting officer prior to asserting rights in any copyrighted work containing data first produced in the performance of a contract. However, contractors are normally authorized, without prior approval…
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …stribute, perform, or display, and to have or authorize others to do so, the Contractor's copyrighted works not first produced, created, or generated under this contract that have been incorporated into the works deliverable under this cont…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    … that is a trade secret, is commercial or financial and confidential or privileged, or is copyrighted computer software, including minor modifications of the computer software. Restricted rights, as used in this clause, means the rights of…
  • DFARS 227.7106 Contracts for special works.
    …at 252.227-7020 does not permit a contractor to incorporate into a special work any works copyrighted by others unless the contractor obtains the contracting officer's permission to do so and obtains for the Government a non-exclusive, paid…
  • DFARS 227.7205 Contracts for special works.
    … at 252.227-7020 does not permit a contractor to incorporate into a special work any work copyrighted by others unless the contractor obtains the contracting officer's permission to do so and obtains for the Government a non-exclusive, paid…
  • FAR 27.102 General guidance.
    …rnment requires that contractors obtain permission from copyright owners before including copyrighted works, owned by others, in data to be delivered to the Government.
  • FAR 27.404-1 Unlimited rights data.
    The Government acquires unlimited rights in the following data except for copyrighted works as provided in 27.404-3: (a) Data first produced in the performance of a contract (except to the extent the data constitute minor modifications to …
  • DFARS 227.7001 Policy.
    Whenever a claim of infringement of privately owned rights in patented inventions or copyrighted works is asserted against any Department or Agency of the Department of Defense, all necessary steps shall be taken to investigate, and to sett…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    … that is a trade secret, is commercial or financial and confidential or privileged, or is copyrighted computer software, including minor modifications of the computer software. SBIR data means data first produced by a Contractor that is a …
  • DFARS 227.7103-9 Copyright.
    …t 252.227-7013 and 252.227-7018 do not permit a contractor to incorporate a third party's copyrighted data into a deliverable data item unless the contractor has obtained an appropriate license for the Government and, when applicable, other…
  • DFARS 227.7203-9 Copyright.
    …ss Technology Transfer Program, do not permit a contractor to incorporate a third party's copyrighted software into a deliverable software item unless the contractor has obtained an appropriate license for the Government and, when applicabl…
  • FAR 27.401 Definitions.
    … that is a trade secret, is commercial or financial and confidential or privileged, or is copyrighted computer software, including minor modifications of the computer software. Restricted rights means the rights of the Government in restri…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.