Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite imageS and DMCA, fair use

2009-11-27 Thread Meteorites USA
AZ - Original Message - From: "Mark Ford" To: Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 1:58 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] meteorite images.. Talking of websites: I've always thought a library of royalty free (that is completely free use) meteorite images would be good, often

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite imageS and DMCA, fair use

2009-11-27 Thread Arizona Keith
Friday, November 27, 2009 1:58 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] meteorite images.. Talking of websites: I've always thought a library of royalty free (that is completely free use) meteorite images would be good, often when giving a talk or writing an article I often find I just cannot find dec

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite images..

2009-11-27 Thread Meteorites USA
could donate, just put your name on the lower right corner (ie) Ben de la Vega Collection and so on. That's how we race jouralists do it for public domain pictures. Ben --- On *Fri, 11/27/09, Meteorites USA //* wrote: From: Meteorites USA Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite images..

2009-11-27 Thread i...@niger-meteorite-recon.de
That's actually a good question Mark, and you are certainly not alone with that request.   My first choice for public domain photos of Meteorites would be NASA's photo archive. If you haven't checked it yet I highly recommend a visit:   http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/search;jsessionid=393vi7bno140l   And

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite images..

2009-11-27 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi Mark, This is NOT legal advice... You're referring to what is called the "public domain". The GNU license is specifically for software and documentation and usually not applied to other intellectual property such as photos though I suppose you could. Photos are intellectual property and ar

[meteorite-list] meteorite images..

2009-11-27 Thread Mark Ford
Talking of websites: I've always thought a library of royalty free (that is completely free use) meteorite images would be good, often when giving a talk or writing an article I often find I just cannot find decent photos that are truly 'free to use', you usually end up taking a pic yourself, or