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NSA Prism logo is a copyright infringment

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Re: NSA Prism logo is a copyright infringment

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Post by DanBC »

pyrhho wrote: post #3

Actually, though... If they've been monitoring everyone's internet traffic, it's feasible they have unwittingly downloaded illegal copies of media. Meaning they've committed copyright infringement on a massive scale?

NSA probably has specific exceptions written into law.

In the UK GCHQ has exemptions to cover things like anti-circumvention of copyright law; images of child sexual abuse; copyrights; etc etc.

Re: NSA Prism logo is a copyright infringment

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

joeblau wrote: post #5

It says "Free to download and use" So how is that copyright infringement?

Right after that it says ‘© Author’, which links to a Terms page, which states “If you make money from using our stuff, share it with us!” and “You acknowledge the author, including in derivative works, if possible with a caption” and “You make an effort to contribute similar material of your own creation to the Web under similar terms, if and when you can.”

http://gallery.hd.org/terms.html

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