Bill > S10193

This bill amends New York's public officers law to generally waive the ability of government agencies to claim copyright protection for records that are required to be disclosed to the public, meaning these records will be freely available. However, this waiver does not apply to records that are considered artistic, creative, or scholarly works, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research. Additionally, agencies can still claim copyright if they intend to distribute the record or a new work based on it to the public through sale, transfer of ownership, rental, lease, or license, though they have the option to waive copyright even in these situations.