On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Peter Ansell ansell.peter@gmail.com wrote:
What are their rationales? That US government produced symbols can't be put in images inside of wikipedia even though the image is Public Domain by law?
The "meatball" insignia is not protected by copyright law (ie, it's PD) but it is protected by other, specific, non-copyright federal regulations:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/14cfr1221_07.html
Use of the insignia contrary to the regulations is punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000701----000-....