The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 119
PUBLIC RECORDS

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F.S. 119.084

119.084 Copyright of data processing software created by governmental agencies; sale price and licensing fee.—

(1) As used in this section, “agency” has the same meaning as in s. 119.011(2), except that the term does not include any private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity.

(2) An agency is authorized to acquire and hold a copyright for data processing software created by the agency and to enforce its rights pertaining to such copyright, provided that the agency complies with the requirements of this subsection.

(a) An agency that has acquired a copyright for data processing software created by the agency may sell or license the copyrighted data processing software to any public agency or private person. The agency may establish a price for the sale and a licensing fee for the use of such data processing software that may be based on market considerations. However, the prices or fees for the sale or licensing of copyrighted data processing software to an individual or entity solely for application to information maintained or generated by the agency that created the copyrighted data processing software shall be determined pursuant to s. 119.07(4).

(b) Proceeds from the sale or licensing of copyrighted data processing software shall be deposited by the agency into a trust fund for the agency’s appropriate use for authorized purposes. Counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state may designate how such sale and licensing proceeds are to be used.

(c) The provisions of this subsection are supplemental to, and shall not supplant or repeal, any other provision of law that authorizes an agency to acquire and hold copyrights.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2001-251; s. 9, ch. 2004-335; s. 1, ch. 2006-286.

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Amendments to 119.084

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 119.084

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

MICRODECISIONS, INC. v. SKINNER,, 889 So. 2d 871 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Section 119.084 permits agencies to acquire and hold copyrights for data processing software the agencies . . . The staff analysis of the Senate bill that created section 119.084 recognized that a law permitting copyright . . . Skinner does not claim that section 119.084 applies to the public records at issue here. . . . opined that GIS maps "do not appear to constitute 'data processing software’ as defined in section 119.084 . . .