On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter(a)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-…
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Stephen Bain
stephen.bain(a)gmail.com