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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00224A000100460008-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 14, 1955
• Content Type: MISC

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OGC HAS REVIEWED.
7. I talked with Mr. Fisher, Zegister of Copyrlglits. in the
Library of Congress, regarding H. It. 6716, a bill which would amend
the copyright laws to authorize suits for intri agem.ent against the U. S.
Government rather than its individual employees. This would place copy-
right infringement suits on the same basis as patent suits and would
overcome a long standing court decision an this matter. I recalled to
the Register that we had discussed this matter some years ago, at whic i
time CIA was considering the possibility of legislation of its own in this
connection because ci the necessity of using copyrighted material in
psychological warfare items, the sounre of which often could not be
revealed to the copyright owners for security reasons. Mr. F'isher sal I
that he felt that there was not much chance of H. R. 6716 moving during
the current session but that it had been introduced to elicit comments with
the hope of action in the next sessio. I stated that I would consider tl
possibility of writing the Bureau of the Budget urging some Administration
support for this bill. 14 19 5`S
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