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A United States government work is prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person’s official duties. It is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. copyright laws:

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In accordance with the South Carolina State Library, works created by agencies of South Carolina state government or its subdivisions are the property of the people of the state of South Carolina, therefore considered in the public domain. This is due to South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 30, Chapter 4.  South Carolina state government works are publicly made available by the Freedom of Information Act.

University of South Carolina Upstate Libraries dedicates its metadata contributions to the public domain pursuant to a CC0 Public Domain Dedication.