Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 954. Acquiring, use and copyright of information

The bureau  1 shall avail itself as fully as possible of the information, maps, and surveys, possessed by citizens and corporations of this State, relative to the geology and topography of the State.

All the facts, of whatever nature, obtained by the survey shall be considered public property, and any concealment or speculative use of the same is prohibited.

All publications of the survey or any part thereof shall be copyrighted by the Department of Internal Affairs in the name of the Commonwealth.