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§ 120.34

Public domain

ITAR · Part 120 · Subpart C

Information that is published and generally accessible or available to the public through enumerated channels: newsstands and bookstores; unrestricted subscriptions; libraries; patents; unlimited distribution at a U.S. conference or trade show; public release after U.S. government approval; and fundamental research in science and engineering at accredited U.S. institutions of higher learning where the resulting information is ordinarily published and shared broadly. Information is not public domain merely because it is on the internet.

University research loses the fundamental-research carve-out if publication is restricted, or if federally funded work accepts access and dissemination controls.
Putting ITAR technical data on a “public” website is an export, not a way of creating public domain.

eCFR (primary) · § 120.34 LII (secondary, unofficial)

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