Bill Text: NY S02171 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic creation, or scientific or academic research, or if the agency intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02171 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02171-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2171 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 10 to read as follows: 3 10. 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 ARTISTIC CREATION, SCIENTIFIC OR 6 ACADEMIC RESEARCH, OR IF THE AGENCY INTENDS TO DISTRIBUTE THE RECORD OR 7 A DERIVATIVE WORK BASED ON IT TO THE PUBLIC BY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF 8 OWNERSHIP, OR BY RENTAL, LEASE, OR LICENSE. IF ANY OF THE FOREGOING 9 EXCEPTIONS APPLY, THE ENTITY FROM WHICH THE RECORD IS SOUGHT MAY IN ITS 10 DISCRETION ELECT TO WAIVE ANY SUCH COPYRIGHT. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00023-01-5