{ "name": "Whose a contractor's project records are", "title": "Whose a contractor's project records are", "kind": "terms-board", "url": "https://sellgeneralcontractordatatoai.com/datasets/gc-project-records-ownership/", "csv": "https://sellgeneralcontractordatatoai.com/datasets/gc-project-records-ownership.csv", "markdown": "https://sellgeneralcontractordatatoai.com/datasets/gc-project-records-ownership/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-31", "license": "https://sellgeneralcontractordatatoai.com/terms", "headline": "3 of 11 provisions we read give the project owner or the government rights in a contractor's project record, newest read 31 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "3 of 11 provisions we read give the project owner or the government rights in a contractor's project record, newest read 31 October 2026.", "What the provision governs, by provision: who first owns a work 3 of 11, rights in data or technical data produced under the contract 2 of 11, the owner's access to the contractor's 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"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/90", "document": "Assignment and licences", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "An assignment of copyright is not effective unless it is in writing signed by or on…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "An assignment of copyright is not effective unless it is in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor.", "text_sha256": "41340d9e7618d2270c113f4d107791882583cfacea0be8e2519d75774b126a0b" }, { "subject": "FAR 4.703", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/4.703", "document": "Contractor records retention, policy", "question": "concern", "answer": "records-access", "answer_text": "the owner's access to the contractor's books and records", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "contractors shall make available records, which includes books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type", "text_sha256": "f63b93ba5fdda8532a457ba293228c8884fc192cb74de436f2a63f3f457f20e4" }, { "subject": "FAR 4.703", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/4.703", "document": "Contractor records retention, policy", "question": "effect", "answer": "keep-and-produce", "answer_text": "makes the contractor keep records and produce them", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "contractors shall make available records, which includes books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type", "text_sha256": "f63b93ba5fdda8532a457ba293228c8884fc192cb74de436f2a63f3f457f20e4" }, { "subject": "FAR 4.703", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/4.703", "document": "Contractor records retention, policy", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "3 years after final payment; or", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "3 years after final payment; or", "text_sha256": "f63b93ba5fdda8532a457ba293228c8884fc192cb74de436f2a63f3f457f20e4" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.215-2", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.215-2", "document": "Audit and Records, Negotiation", "question": "concern", "answer": "records-access", "answer_text": "the owner's access to the contractor's books and records", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative, shall have access to and the right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract", "text_sha256": "3e737adb56ce9228adebaa742d73185acbcb5e73e732f7e08e52b8bcc7a3af80" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.215-2", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.215-2", "document": "Audit and Records, Negotiation", "question": "effect", "answer": "keep-and-produce", "answer_text": "makes the contractor keep records and produce them", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "The Contractor shall make available at its office at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this clause, for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract", "text_sha256": "3e737adb56ce9228adebaa742d73185acbcb5e73e732f7e08e52b8bcc7a3af80" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.215-2", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.215-2", "document": "Audit and Records, Negotiation", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "the Contractor shall make available the records relating to the work terminated until 3…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "the Contractor shall make available the records relating to the work terminated until 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement", "text_sha256": "3e737adb56ce9228adebaa742d73185acbcb5e73e732f7e08e52b8bcc7a3af80" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.227-14", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-14", "document": "Rights in Data, General", "question": "concern", "answer": "data-rights", "answer_text": "rights in data or technical data produced under the contract", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Government shall have unlimited rights in- (i) Data first produced in the performance of this contract;", "text_sha256": "6c4467965fbed0476e32a6dd866d65f6a27a98b257a517ebb92689bb67623d0f" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.227-14", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-14", "document": "Rights in Data, General", "question": "effect", "answer": "owner-rights", "answer_text": "gives the owner or the government rights in it", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "the Government shall have unlimited rights in- (i) Data first produced in the performance of this contract;", "text_sha256": "6c4467965fbed0476e32a6dd866d65f6a27a98b257a517ebb92689bb67623d0f" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.227-14", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-14", "document": "Rights in Data, General", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "The prior, express written permission of the Contracting Officer is required to assert…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The prior, express written permission of the Contracting Officer is required to assert copyright in all other data first produced in the performance of this contract.", "text_sha256": "6c4467965fbed0476e32a6dd866d65f6a27a98b257a517ebb92689bb67623d0f" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.227-17", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-17", "document": "Rights in Data, Special Works", "question": "concern", "answer": "data-rights", "answer_text": "rights in data or technical data produced under the contract", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "Unlimited rights in all data delivered under this contract, and in all data first produced in the performance of this contract, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause.", "text_sha256": "c1e27a77fce4fda68163a9b74b2e441f6a64bff3880644d11c6235883d5e73c7" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.227-17", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-17", "document": "Rights in Data, Special Works", "question": "effect", "answer": "owner-rights", "answer_text": "gives the owner or the government rights in it", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "The right to limit assertion of copyright in data first produced in the performance of this contract, and to obtain assignment of copyright in that data", "text_sha256": "c1e27a77fce4fda68163a9b74b2e441f6a64bff3880644d11c6235883d5e73c7" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.227-17", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-17", "document": "Rights in Data, Special Works", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "The Contractor shall not assert or authorize others to assert any claim to copyright…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "The Contractor shall not assert or authorize others to assert any claim to copyright subsisting in any data first produced in the performance of this contract without prior written permission of the Contracting Officer.", "text_sha256": "c1e27a77fce4fda68163a9b74b2e441f6a64bff3880644d11c6235883d5e73c7" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.236-21", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.236-21", "document": "Specifications and Drawings for Construction", "question": "concern", "answer": "drawings", "answer_text": "shop drawings, submittals and specifications", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "Shop drawings means drawings, submitted to the Government by the Contractor, subcontractor, or any lower tier subcontractor pursuant to a construction contract", "text_sha256": "ad7ec9a53a8749eebb6c3bab3d32f4368a73a9de2a78f0f1faa9ee6336bf40dc" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.236-21", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.236-21", "document": "Specifications and Drawings for Construction", "question": "effect", "answer": "owner-rights", "answer_text": "gives the owner or the government rights in it", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "The Government may duplicate, use, and disclose in any manner and for any purpose shop drawings delivered under this contract.", "text_sha256": "ad7ec9a53a8749eebb6c3bab3d32f4368a73a9de2a78f0f1faa9ee6336bf40dc" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.236-21", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.236-21", "document": "Specifications and Drawings for Construction", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "The Government may duplicate, use, and disclose in any manner and for any purpose shop…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "The Government may duplicate, use, and disclose in any manner and for any purpose shop drawings delivered under this contract.", "text_sha256": "ad7ec9a53a8749eebb6c3bab3d32f4368a73a9de2a78f0f1faa9ee6336bf40dc" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.243-4", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.243-4", "document": "Changes", "question": "concern", "answer": "changes", "answer_text": "changes to the work and the paperwork that records them", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "by written order designated or indicated to be a change order, make changes in the work within the general scope of the contract", "text_sha256": "e210d26b063f7498cbc31aa3baa127b4e9c807c406edf89d62cae695608efd5b" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.243-4", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.243-4", "document": "Changes", "question": "effect", "answer": "sets-terms", "answer_text": "sets the terms a transfer or change must meet", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "The Contractor must assert its right to an adjustment under this clause within 30 days after (1) receipt of a written change order", "text_sha256": "e210d26b063f7498cbc31aa3baa127b4e9c807c406edf89d62cae695608efd5b" }, { "subject": "FAR 52.243-4", "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.243-4", "document": "Changes", "question": "what_it_says", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "the Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment and modify the contract in…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31", "quote": "the Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment and modify the contract in writing.", "text_sha256": "e210d26b063f7498cbc31aa3baa127b4e9c807c406edf89d62cae695608efd5b" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-14", "label": "FAR 52.227-14, Rights in Data, General", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.227-17", "label": "FAR 52.227-17, Rights in Data, Special Works", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.215-2", "label": "FAR 52.215-2, Audit and Records, Negotiation", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/4.703", "label": "FAR 4.703, contractor records retention policy", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.236-21", "label": "FAR 52.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.243-4", "label": "FAR 52.243-4, Changes", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/252.227-7013-rights-technical-data%E2%80%94other-commercial-products-and-commercial-services.", "label": "DFARS 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "unread" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101", "label": "17 U.S.C. 101, definitions including 'work made for hire'", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/201", "label": "17 U.S.C. 201, ownership of copyright", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/204", "label": "17 U.S.C. 204, transfers of copyright ownership", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/11", "label": "CDPA 1988 s11, first ownership of copyright", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/90", "label": "CDPA 1988 s90, assignment and licences", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-government", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.aiacontracts.com/contract-documents/25131-general-conditions-of-the-contract-for-construction", "label": "AIA A201, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (the AIA's own document page)", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "the AIA's own product page describes A201 and its use; it does not carry the contract's ownership or documents clauses, which sit behind purchase" }, { "url": "https://www.consensusdocs.org/contract/200/", "label": "ConsensusDocs 200, Standard Prime Construction Contract (the publisher's own page)", "license": "from the publisher's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages; reproduced for comment", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "ConsensusDocs' own product page describes the 200 contract; it does not carry the contract's ownership or documents clauses, which sit behind purchase" } ], "methodology": "Each provision's own acquisition.gov's FAR and DFARS clauses, Title 17 and the CDPA, and the contract publishers' own pages were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every text, three questions were answered from its own words: what the provision governs, who it leaves the record with, what it says, in its own words. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the text read does not address the question. A provision with several texts reads 'varies' where they disagree. 11 provisions, 11 texts.", "embed": "
3 of 11 provisions we read give the project owner or the government rights in a contractor's project record, newest read 31 October 2026.
Whose a contractor's project records are, sellgeneralcontractordatatoai.com
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