{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-512.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 512.21","heading":"Copyright provisions.","body":"(a) An employee of the Bureau may not copyright any work prepared as part of his/her official duties.\n(b) As a precondition to the conduct of research under this subpart, a non-employee shall grant in writing to the Bureau a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, translate, and otherwise use and authorize others to publish and use original materials developed as a result of research conducted under this subpart.\n(c) Subject to a royalty-free, non-exclusive and irrevocable license, which the Bureau of Prisons reserves, to reproduce, publish, translate, and otherwise use and authorize others to publish and use such materials, a non-employee may copyright original materials developed as a result of research conducted under this subpart.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION","PART 512—RESEARCH","Subpart B—Research"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"6c5b37efba8651f5551a35a72443362dd9b0fbada0a03aae86cdc883128ef4f3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-512.20","next":"us/28-cfr-513.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}