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Are you expecting SpaceX to allow their (copyrighted) logo to appear in various media without requesting permission first? NASA's copyright policy is the excep
by zlsa 7y ago
Are you expecting SpaceX to allow their (copyrighted) logo to appear in various media without requesting permission first?
NASA's copyright policy is the exception, not the rule.
- greglindahl 7y agoSpaceX's trademarked name and logo are still limited by the usual trademark stuff even if they're in public domain video or images. NASA's copyright policy is US government wide, it's just that most of the rest of the government actively dodges it by hiring photographers and letting them own the copyrights.
- zlsa 7y agoI meant that the US government policy is the exception compared to US law, not to the rest of the government. Private companies should not be required to make anything public just because their customer is NASA (or the US government, for that matter.)
- sandworm101 7y agoNASA doesn't have a copyright policy. As part of the us fed its works don't get copyright protection. That isn't an exception. It's the law.