Copyrights

CENDI published a set of FAQ about copyrights at http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html   (CENDI’s strategic plan is available in StratML format at http://xml.gov/stratml/CENDIstratplan.xml) 

 

As a citizen and a taxpayer, it seems to me the burden should be placed upon those who would assert copyrights for records posted on .gov or .mil sites, i.e., that 17 USC 105 would apply unless justifiable copyrights are asserted as machine readable metadata embedded within the record itself.  http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105 

 

Here’s what Wikipedia has to say on this topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Implementation_and_enforcement & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Non-free_content & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Image_page 

 

Of course, too, with respect to images, alt tags should be provided for accessibility purposes. http://www.hhs.gov/faq/technical/426.html

 

Owen