Sec. 544. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR CIVILIAN FACULTY OF CERTAIN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS
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## SEC. 544 COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR CIVILIAN FACULTY OF CERTAIN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS Section 105 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by inserting “(a) In general.—” before “Copyright”; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(b) Copyright Protection of Certain of Works > > Subject to subsection (c), the covered author of a covered work owns the copyright to that covered work. > > > ### “(c) Use by Federal Government > > The Secretary of Defense may direct the covered author of a covered work to provide the Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, distribute, perform, or display such covered work for purposes of the United States Government. > > > ### “(c) Definitions > > In this section: > > > #### “(1) > > The term ‘covered author’ means a civilian member of the faculty of a covered institution. > > > #### “(2) > > The term ‘covered institution’ means the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > National Defense University. > > > ##### “(B) > > United States Military Academy. > > > ##### “(C) > > Army War College. > > > ##### “(D) > > United States Army Command and General Staff College. > > > ##### “(E) > > United States Naval Academy. > > > ##### “(F) > > Naval War College. > > > ##### “(G) > > Naval Post Graduate School. > > > ##### “(H) > > Marine Corps University. > > > ##### “(I) > > United States Air Force Academy. > > > ##### “(J) > > Air University. > > > ##### “(K) > > Defense Language Institute. > > > ##### “(L) > > United States Coast Guard Academy. > > > #### “(3) > > The term ‘covered work’ means a literary work produced by a covered author in the course of employment at a covered institution for publication by a scholarly press or journal.” > .