O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-25-7.13 (2019)

Adoption of procedures to ensure compliance with United States copyright laws and applicable licensing restrictions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) The authority shall adopt procedures to ensure that the authority and agencies do not acquire, reproduce, distribute, or transmit computer software in violation of United States copyright laws and applicable licensing restrictions.

(b) The authority shall establish procedures to ensure that each agency has present on its computers and uses only computer software that complies with United States copyright laws and applicable licensing restrictions. These procedures may include, without limitation:

(1) Preparing agency inventories of the software present on its computers;

(2) Determining what computer software the agency has the authorization to use; and

(3) Developing and maintaining adequate record-keeping systems.

History

Code 1981, § 50-25-7.13, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 249, § 12.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Copyright protection of computer programs, 180 A.L.R. Fed. 1.