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Fair Use Of The Copyright Act Of 1976
OLC Memorandum on Whether Government Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials Invariably is a "Fair Use" under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (April 30, 1999)
There is no "per se" rule that government reproduction of copyrighted material -- including, in particular, government photocopying of copyrighted materials for internal government use -- automatically qualifies as a fair use under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. However, government photocopying would in many contexts be noninfringing because it would be a "fair use"; and there are good reasons that, if an agency decides to negotiate photocopying licensing agreements, it should seek to limit the scope of any such arrangement to cover only those government photocopying practices that otherwise would, in fact, be infringing. Analysis of these issues is provided via the link below:
Trade secret information that has potential economic advantage is protected.
Any information that may be used in the operation of a business and that is sufficiently valuable to afford an actual or potential economic advantage is considered a trade secret.
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Definition:
The worst antitrust offenses are price fixing and bid rigging. Price fixing occurs when two or more sellers agree that they will increase prices a certain amount, or that they won't sell below a certain price. Bid rigging most commonly occurs when two or more firms agree not to bid against each other to supply products or services to local, state or federal government agencies, or when they agree on the level of their individual bids.
Government work
Definition:
Any work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of official job duties is considered U.S. Government work.
Intellectual Property
Definition:
Certain creations of the human mind that have commercial value and are given the legal aspects of a property right.
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