"So we did a little investigation. As it happens, there is a kind of public domain option on Flickr. Photos in the Flickr streams of other public institution such as the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress are accompanied by text that reads "No known copyright restrictions," with a link to a page explaining that the photo is either public domain or is owned by an institution that is not exercising control over the image. The White House should reconsider its licensing approach, and work with Flickr to flag these government works in the same way. This Administration is pioneering the use of the Internet to reach out to citizens — and part of the precedent it should set is a clear recognition that publicly funded government works should be free to the public, without the burden of copyright and licensing restrictions. Flickr, for its part, should open up the "no copyright restrictions" option to the rest of us. As it stands, it appears that is only open to specific institutions. Flickr has been a pione"
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
interesting article by the EFF about licenses on Flickr. Would be nice to see an accessible "public domain" licensing option on Flickr.
- Thomas Hawk
So I wonder when we can get ahold of those now famous AF One statue of liberty fly bys?
- Aaron Massey
that $338,000 image of the president's back up plane in the same frame as the Statue of Liberty so belongs to the American People. If they try to claim copyright over that image that would only be adding insult to injury.
- Thomas Hawk