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DocuColor 240/250 Training and Information Guide
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Illegal Copying
USA
Congress, by statute, has forbidden the copying of the following subjects under
certain circumstances. Penalties of fine or imprisonment may be imposed on
those guilty of making such copies.
• Obligations or Securities of the United States Government, such as:
- Certificates of Indebtedness
- Coupons from Bonds
- Silver Certificates
- United States Bonds
- Federal Reserve Notes
- Certificates of Deposit
- National Bank currency
- Federal Reserve Bank Notes
- Gold Certificates
- Treasure Notes
- Fractional Notes
- Paper money
- Bonds and obligations of certain agencies of the government, such as
FHA
- Bonds (US Savings Bonds may be photographed only for publicity
purposes in connection
with the campaign for the sale of
such bonds.)
- Internal Revenue Stamps (If it is necessary to copy a legal document
on which there is a
cancelled revenue stamp, this may
be done provided the reproduction of the document is
performed for lawful purposes.)
- Postage Stamps, canceled or uncanceled (For philatelic
purposes,
postage
stamps
may
be
photographed provided the reproduction is black and white and less than 3/4
or more than 1 1/2 times the linear dimensions of
the original.)
- Postal Money Orders
- Bills, checks, or drafts for money drawn by or on
authorized
officers
of
the
United
States
- Stamps and other representatives of value, of whatever
denomination, which may be
or have been
issued under any Act of Congress
• Adjusted compensation Certificates for veterans of the World Wars
• Obligations or Securities of any foreign government, bank, or corporation
• Copyrighted material (unless permission of the copyright owner has been
obtained or the copying falls within the “fair use” or library reproduction provisions
of the copyright law). Further information of these provisions may be obtained
from the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559 (circular
R21)