---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 502.7"
title: "22"
number: "502.7"
heading: "Denial of requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/502.7"
---

# §502.7. Denial of requests.

- (a) The Agency reserves the right to deny any request for program materials made pursuant to these regulations for cause, including but not limited to the following circumstances:
  - (1) For a Requestor's failure to comply with the Terms of Use on Agency Web sites;
  - (2) For a Requestor's failure to secure necessary rights and licenses to use third-party copyrighted materials when the Requestor uses Agency program materials in any way not explicitly permitted by the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended;
  - (3) When the Agency's distribution of program materials is restricted by an agreement with a third-party that holds a copyright in a portion of Agency program materials;
  - (4) If providing the requested materials would be inconsistent with the Agency's statutory authorities, the broadcasting element's charter, or any applicable law or regulation.
- (b) For more information on the criteria for accepting or denying requests, please see the Agency's policy for domestic distribution, available at www.bbg.gov.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 1461, 1461-1a.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 39585, July 2, 2013, unless otherwise noted.