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> How do you know the logo was prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. federal government? They could’ve hired a design company to make it (albeit not a
by daeken 13y ago
> How do you know the logo was prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. federal government? They could’ve hired a design company to make it (albeit not a very good one, by the looks of it).
Had they done so, it'd presumably be a work for hire and still not be copyrightable, since the government would own it.
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoThat is false. “Unlike works of the U.S. Government, works produced by contractors under government contracts (or submitted in anticipation of such contracts) are protected and restricted under U.S. copyright law.” Also important: even if a federal employee made it, it may not be protected by copyright in the US but it can still be copyrighted in all other countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the...