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Example:
A scientific treatise by a private author who permits the Defense Department to print and distribute copies to Army personnel with a copyright notice in the author's name.
4.
When an individual is named as author in the application but the work bears the indicia of a Government publication, we will inquire as to the facts of Government or private authorship of the work.
Examples:
(1)
A Government agency is the claimant.
(2)
The work appears to be an official Goverment report.
(3)
The work was printed by the Government Printing Office.
5.
In the case of works otherwise registrable without disclaimer which contain incidental material such as for example a short preface, foreword, introductory statement or epilogue, registration by be considered without the necessity of a disclaimer, even 'though the incidental material was written by a Congressman, senator, or other Government employee.
6.
If the author of one or more of the contributions to a collective work (other than a periodical) is a Government employee, we should inquire whether his portion was written as a part of his official duties.
7.
Where a claim is based on new matter of private authorship but the work contains Government material, if it seems appropriate in order to clearly indicate the basis of the claim, we may request the new matter statement be accompanied by a disclaimer.
III.
Government Printing. The fact that a work was printed by the U.S. Government is an indication that it may be a Government publication, but is not conclusive. If an individual or private organization is named as the author or claimant, we will inquire as to the facts of Government or private authorship. (See items II.b.3) and 4 above.)
IV.
Claim by or on Behalf of the United States Government.
a.
Except as specified in item. II.a.1. above, a claim of copyright by a particular agency of the U.S. Government, or by an officer of the U.S. Government in his official capacity, or by an individual "on behalf or" or "in trust for" the U.S. Government, will be treated as a claim of copyright by the Government.
