On 9 August 2010 20:37, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9 August 2010 20:26, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think all images relating to the FBI should be taken from and
>> sourced to their photo gallery. Seems the most logical thing to do.
>
>
> The obvious steps would be:
>
> 1. Upload the best quality imagery you can from there, possibly a Sec
> 701 template warning people that the image is PD but misuse in the US
> is highly illegal (if such doesn't exist already).

There are similar issues with some other US government imagery - no
copyright restrictions per se, but using it in a misleading fashion is
explicitly illegal. The first example I can think of is the NASA logo,
which we mark accordingly:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_logo.svg

- note the third template.

-- 
- Andrew Gray
  [email protected]

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