---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 727.404"
title: "48"
number: "727.404"
heading: "Basic rights in data clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/727.404"
---

# §727.404. Basic rights in data clause.

- (a) through (f) [Reserved]
- (g) When the contract includes a requirement for the contractor to assign copyright to the Government or another party, the contracting officer must insert ([48 CFR](/cfr/48.md)) 752.227-14 and/or include an express limitation or restriction in the contract. USAID contracting officers will assert such a right in limited circumstances in accordance with the principles as stated in ([48 CFR](/cfr/48.md)) 27.402.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 53163, Sept. 18, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 74988, 74994, Dec. 16, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 621, Pub. L. 87-195, 75 Stat. 445, (22 U.S.C. 2381) as amended; E.O. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673; 3 CFR 1979 Comp., p. 435.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 53163, Sept. 18, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 53163, Sept. 18, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 74988, 74994, Dec. 16, 2014]