# Bim Model Ownership Law

> The Bim Model Ownership Law carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 70 to 95 year, read 27 October 2026.

Sell BIM Data to AI · https://sellbimdatatoai.com/datasets/bim-model-ownership-law/ · computed 2026-10-27

**Range of the published figures:** 70 to 95 year (range 70 to 95 year; 3 published figures; 3 of 25 sources read publish one).

3 sources publish a figure and 22 publish none, out of 25 read in full on 27 October 2026.

## By jurisdiction

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdiction GB | 70 year | 70 to 70 year | 1 |
| jurisdiction US | 82.5 year | 70 to 95 year | 2 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Copyright Office, Title 17 chapter 3: duration](https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html) | 95 year | US | 2026-10-27 |
| [CDPA 1988 s12: duration of copyright](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/12) | 70 year | GB | 2026-10-08 |
| [17 U.S.C. 302: duration of copyright](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/302) | 70 year | US | 2026-10-27 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (3)

- [Copyright Office, Title 17 chapter 3: duration](https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html), read 2026-10-27: "(c) Anonymous Works, Pseudonymous Works, and Works Made for Hire.—In the case of an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first."
- [CDPA 1988 s12: duration of copyright](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/12), read 2026-10-08: "Copyright expires at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies, subject as follows."
- [17 U.S.C. 302: duration of copyright](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/302), read 2026-10-27: "Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author’s death."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [17 U.S.C. 120: scope of exclusive rights in architectural works](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/120), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [17 U.S.C. 101: definitions, including 'architectural work'](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101), read 2026-10-03: every candidate on the page was refused
- [17 U.S.C. 102: subject matter, architectural works](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [17 U.S.C. 201: ownership, works made for hire](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/201), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [17 U.S.C. 204: transfers must be in writing](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/204), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [17 U.S.C. 106: exclusive rights](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s4: artistic works, including works of architecture](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/4), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s11: first ownership, employees](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/11), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s9: authorship, computer-generated works](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/9), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s90: assignment must be in writing](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/90), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Database Regulations 1997 reg 17: term of database right](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/17), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s29A: text and data analysis for non-commercial research](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/29A), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [US Copyright Office, copyright and artificial intelligence](https://www.copyright.gov/ai/), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s3A: databases](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/3A), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [CDPA 1988 s16: acts restricted by copyright](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/16), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 reg 13: database right](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/13), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Database Regulations 1997 reg 14: the maker of a database](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/14), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Database Regulations 1997 reg 16: infringement of database right](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/16), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [UK IPO consultation: copyright and artificial intelligence](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence), read 2026-10-22: every candidate on the page was refused
- [US Copyright Office Circular 41: copyright claims in architectural works](https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ41.pdf), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [UK IPO guidance: exceptions to copyright](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright), read 2026-10-08: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Copyright Office, Title 17 chapter 1: subject matter and scope](https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html), read 2026-10-27: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Each figure comes from a sentence on the source's own page, copied word for word on the date given and tied to a fingerprint of that page so the read can be checked later. Of 25 named sources we could open, 3 state a usable figure and 22 state none; those are listed as silent rather than estimated. 0 could not be opened at all and play no part. The median, range and quartiles use one figure per source in year, taking a source's own median where it gives several, so the count is of sources and not sentences. A reviewer rejected 47 candidate sentence(s), each with a written reason. Where this dataset is heading next (the figures above are still each source's own published number): one row per rule per jurisdiction: what the law protects in a building model (architectural work, artistic work, database), who owns it first (author, employer, commissioning party under work made for hire), how ownership moves (a signed writing), what the owner controls (copying, adapting, extraction), the text and data analysis exception and its non-commercial limit, and the term in years (life plus 70, 95/120 for a work made for hire, 15 years for the database right); the rights a seller must hold before licensing a model for training.

## Sources

- [17 U.S.C. 120: scope of exclusive rights in architectural works](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/120) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [17 U.S.C. 101: definitions, including 'architectural work'](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [17 U.S.C. 102: subject matter, architectural works](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [17 U.S.C. 201: ownership, works made for hire](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/201) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [17 U.S.C. 204: transfers must be in writing](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/204) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [17 U.S.C. 106: exclusive rights](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s4: artistic works, including works of architecture](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/4) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s11: first ownership, employees](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/11) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [17 U.S.C. 302: duration of copyright](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/302) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s12: duration of copyright](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/12) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s9: authorship, computer-generated works](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/9) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s90: assignment must be in writing](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/90) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Database Regulations 1997 reg 17: term of database right](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/17) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s29A: text and data analysis for non-commercial research](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/29A) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [US Copyright Office, copyright and artificial intelligence](https://www.copyright.gov/ai/) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s3A: databases](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/3A) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [CDPA 1988 s16: acts restricted by copyright](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/16) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 reg 13: database right](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/13) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Database Regulations 1997 reg 14: the maker of a database](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/14) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Database Regulations 1997 reg 16: infringement of database right](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/16) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [UK IPO consultation: copyright and artificial intelligence](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [US Copyright Office Circular 41: copyright claims in architectural works](https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ41.pdf) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [UK IPO guidance: exceptions to copyright](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Copyright Office, Title 17 chapter 3: duration](https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)
- [Copyright Office, Title 17 chapter 1: subject matter and scope](https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html) (quoted under the publisher's own terms)

## Cite or embed

- The Bim Model Ownership Law carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 70 to 95 year, read 27 October 2026.
- 3 sources publish a figure and 22 publish none, out of 25 read in full on 27 October 2026.
- Bim Model Ownership Law, jurisdiction GB: median 70 year across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.
- Bim Model Ownership Law, jurisdiction US: median 82.50 year across 2 sources, read 27 October 2026.

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