[Clipart] US government PD images

Tue Oct 10 20:43:18 PDT 2006

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Well, the US government's business machine is efficient. The white house
press corps (personal issue) got back to me just like they said too and
were quite nice.

So, sounds like you have to search a bit harder for the material. It
seems to me that if the US gov't is paying a contractor, then they
should make the materials released into the public domain as
well...anyway, another issue...

Where does this leave the clip art at?

Jon

On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 13:14 +1000, ryan wrote:
> Below is the Response that I got from my email to the US EPA...
> 
> 
> Thank you for your inquiry to the EPA Web site. Your request has been
> received by the Headquarters Information Resources Center Public Access
> Service, a contractor operated reference and referral service. 
> 
> You asked if EPA's images are copyrighted.
> 
> According to the United States Code Title 17, Section 105, copyright
> protection is not provided for any work produced by the United States
> Government. However, if the government document contains any materials
> produced by sources other than the United States Government, this material
> may be protected by copyright. You will need to contact the producer of the
> material in order to obtain permission or details on the information it
> contains.
> 
> In most EPA publications the producing office is listed in the upper right
> hand corner. Here is the list of EPA offices who may have produced the
> publication:
> http://www.epa.gov/epahome/locate1.htm
> 
> However, the EPA logo cannot be released for any commercial purposes and the
> written policy (EPA Order 1015.2a) "prohibits reproduction and/or use of the
> symbol for commercial purposes."
> 
> This information has been quoted from:
> http://www.epa.gov/history/org/origins/seal.htm
> 
> Questions regarding non-commercial use of the logo can be directed to Mike
> Scott in the Office of Public Affairs at:
> 
> U.S. EPA
> Office of Public Affairs
> Ariel Rios Building
> 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (1701)
> Washington, DC 20460
> scott.michael at epa.gov
> 
> When contacting him please explain the rationale, purpose and use for the
> logo. 
> 
> There is technical information and electronic versions of the EPA seal and
> logo here: http://www.epa.gov/productreview/guide/seal_logo/index.html
> 
> Note: to download the files, you will need an ID and password which can be
> obtained from Mike Scott.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: clipart-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:clipart-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of ryan
> Sent: Friday, 6 October 2006 8:29 AM
> To: 'Gerald Ganson'; clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: RE: [Clipart] Re: clipart Digest, Vol 31, Issue 5
> 
> I have just submitted a question on the EPA website asking if the images on
> their website are in the public domain. Apparently I will get a response in
> the next 10 working days...
> 
> Ill keep you posted. Ill also put these links up on the wiki so we have a
> record of where good sources of images are located.
> 
> What should the process for putting these on OCAL be?
> Should one upload the original raster image,
> Then submit a remix of it as a clipart?
> 
> Just a few ideas... :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Ryan Lerch
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: clipart-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:clipart-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Ganson
> Sent: Friday, 6 October 2006 1:29 AM
> To: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: RE: [Clipart] Re: clipart Digest, Vol 31, Issue 5
> 
> >From the link below I found this PDF
> 
> http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/pdf/actvtybookfinal.pdf
> 
> Since this was produced by the EPA and the PDF itself does not seem to
> contain a copyright notice, would it be safe to add images from this
> document to OCAL ?
> 
> Gerald G.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: clipart-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:clipart-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of John Olsen
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:23 AM
> To: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: [Clipart] Re: clipart Digest, Vol 31, Issue 5
> 
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:41:21 +1000
> > From: "ryan lerch" <ryanlerch at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Clipart] Worldlabel.com images
> > To: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> >
> > On another note, johnny_automatic has found a great source of 
> > colouring in artwork that could be converted into vector format and 
> > included in the library. I am not sure of the licenceof these images, 
> > so if anyone knows or can find out?
> >
> > the address is : http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/color.htm
> 
> Here's the mother of all links for the US government graphics files:  
> http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
> 
> Their disclaim is that many of the images are in the PD as anything
> created by the government is by law PD.  But they advise checking the
> disclaimers at each agency.
> 
> good hunting,
> 
> Johnny
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