Previously OEN reported on the controversy surrounding White House photos being released CC-BY when government works are supposed to be in the public domain. Now Wired is reporting that Flickr are now marked “United States Government Work.” From the article:
The change marks a first for Flickr, which to date has not had a license for government works, other than a “No Known Copyright Restriction” license that is used on photos from its Commons project, which includes photos from some of the world’s greatest museums and libraries. Those photos include ones from the Library of Congress, for instance, that never were copyright since they were made or paid for by the federal government
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