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From page 40...
... 40 FTA's requirements regarding patent rights and rights in data "flow down to all third party contractors and their contracts at every tier that meet the definition of a research-type project"587 as described in 37 C.F.R. part 40 -- Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements.588 XII.
From page 41...
... 41 and WIREdata's request to three municipalities to provide information about their property assessments, information that WIREdata conceded that it planned to market and sell to real estate agents and brokers.605 The municipalities had contracted with private, independent contractor assessors to complete their property assessments. Two of the municipalities were asked to produce the data to the company in an "‘electronic/digital' format."606 WIREdata's initial request to the third municipality did not specify a format.607 Thereafter, WIREdata asked the independent contractor assessors for the data they created and maintained in a computerized database.608 The municipalities provided the data in a PDF format, a format that did not satisfy WIREdata for its intended use of the data.
From page 42...
... 42 there were a copyright in the GIS maps, the Florida public records law "overrides a governmental agency's ability to claim a copyright in its work unless the legislature has expressly authorized a public records exemption."619 In County of Santa Clara v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County,620 the county demanded, prior to furnishing its copyrightable GIS basemap to a requester under the California Public Records Act (CPRA)
From page 43...
... 43 to copyright and control the redistribution of the county's official tax maps. Through a FOIL request, First American first obtained and then marketed copies of the tax maps and CD-ROM disks containing the maps without a license from or consent of the county.

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