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1909 Copyright Act, Section 8 - Copyright not to subsist in works in public domain, or published prior to July 1, 1909, and not already copyrighted, or Government publications; publication by Government of copyrighted material
No copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which is in the public domain, or in any work which was published in this country or any foreign country prior to July 1, 1909, and has not been already copyrighted in the United States,or in any publication of the United States Government, or any reprint, in whole or in part, thereof, except that the United States Postal Service may secure copyright on behalf of the United States in the whole or any part of the publications authorized by section 405 of title 39.
The publication or republication by the Government, either separately or in a public document, of any material in which copyright is subsisting shall not betaken to cause any abridgment or annulment of the copyright or to authorize any use or appropriation of such copyright material without the consent of the copyright proprietor.
July 30, 1947, c. 391, 61 Stat. 655; Oct. 31, 1951, c. 655, § 16(b), 65 Stat. 716; Sept.7, 1962, Pub.L. 87-646, § 21, 76 Stat. 446; Aug. 12, 1970, Pub.L. 91-375, § 6(i), 84Stat. 777.
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