Template talk:PD-USGov
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[edit] Looking for the right copyright tag?
See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for a full list of tags available. The following are applicable within the United States.
[edit] USA public domain images
- {{money-US}}—for images of the official currency of the United States. These are in the public domain. (See also {{money}}.)
- {{PD-art-US}}—for images of works of art published in the United States prior to 1923.
- {{PD-flag-US}}—for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in the United States
- {{PD-US}}—for copyright-expired images in the US (mainly those published pre-1923). Also for works not eligible for copyright under US law. (May be preferable in some cases vs. {{PD-old}} for US-originating images.)
- {{PD-US-patent}}—for images from descriptions of US patents. These are in the public domain, though the actual inventions depicted might be encumbered by patents. [1] This does not prevent us from describing them, since we are not trying to construct or sell the inventions.
[edit] USA federal government images
- {{PD-USGov}}—for images created by the US federal government that are ineligible for copyright and don't fit under the following templates:
- {{PD-USGov-AID}}—United States Agency for International Development
- {{PD-USGov-Atlas}}—National Atlas
- {{PD-USGov-CIA}}—Central Intelligence Agency
- {{PD-USGov-CIA-WF}}—CIA World Factbook.
- {{PD-USGov-Congress}}—Congress
- {{PD-USGov-Congress-Bio}}—Biographical Directory of Congress
- {{PD-USGov-DHS}}—Department of Homeland Security
- {{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}}—Coast Guard
- {{PD-USGov-DOC}}—Department of Commerce
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-Census}}—U.S. Census Bureau
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}}—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Department of Defense—use {{PD-USGov-Military}})
- {{PD-USGov-DOE}}—Department of Energy (NOTE: Some operating units, including some DOE national labs, have separate, non-free copyright policies. See the notice on the template talk page before using.)
- {{PD-USGov-DOJ}}—Department of Justice
- {{PD-USGov-DOT}}—Department of Transportation
- {{PD-USGov-DOL}}—Department of Labor
- {{PD-USGov-Education}}—Department of Education
- {{PD-USGov-EPA}}—Environmental Protection Agency
- {{PD-USGov-FAA}}—Federal Aviation Administration
- {{PD-USGov-FBI}}—Federal Bureau of Investigation
- {{PD-USGov-FDA}}—Food and Drug Administration
- {{PD-USGov-FEMA}}—Federal Emergency Management Agency
- {{PD-USGov-HHS}}—Department of Health and Human Services
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}}—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-NIH}}—National Institutes of Health
- {{PD-USGov-NCBI-scienceprimer}}—Science Primer from National Center for Biotechnology Information
- {{PD-USGov-Interior}}—Department of the Interior
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-BLM}}—Bureau of Land Management
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-FWS}}—Fish and Wildlife Service
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-HABS}}—Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}}—US National Park Service
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS}}—US Geological Survey
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS-Minerals}}—"Minerals in Your World" project of the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USBR}}—Bureau of Reclamation
- {{PD-LOC}}—Library of Congress collections
- {{PD-USGov-NARA}}—National Archives and Records Administration
- {{PD-USGov-NASA}}—for public domain images from NASA as described on Category:NASA images.
- {{PD-USGov-NRO}}—The National Reconnaissance Office
- {{PD-USGov-NSA}}—The National Security Agency
- {{PD-USGov-NTSB}}—National Transportation Safety Board
- {{PD-USGov-POTUS}}—Executive Office of the President images
- {{PD-USGov-State}}—State Department images
- {{PD-USGov-Treasury}}—Department of the Treasury
- {{PD-USGov-VA}}—Department of Veterans Affairs
- {{PD-USGov-USDA}}—Department of Agriculture
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-ARS}}—USDA Agricultural Research Service.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-FS}}—USDA Forest Service
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-NRCS}}—USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- {{PD-TVA}}—Tennessee Valley Authority
[edit] USA military public domain images
- {{PD-USGov-Military}}—general US military
- {{PD-USGov-Military-DVIC}}—general US military from the Defense Visual Information Center w/parameters
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Air Force}}—US Air Force images
- {{USAF-AUX}}—Civil Air Patrol images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army}}—US Army images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACMH}}—US Army Center for Military History
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USAIOH}}—US Army Institute Of Heraldry
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USAMHI}}—US Army Military History Institute
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACE}}—United States Army Corps of Engineers
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Award}}—for military medals
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Badge}}—US military badges and insignia
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Marines}}—US Marine Corps images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}—US Navy images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy-NHC}}—Naval Historical Center
[edit] Worldwide?
I was told in the German Wikipedia and its mailing list that the follwing statement is not true:
- in the public domain worldwide
According to
which cites
US government works are not necessarily in the public domain in other countries.
If you understand German, here is the link to the first mail on the German Wikipedia mailing list and the following debate:
Thanks to Klaus Graf (de:Benutzer:Historiograf) for giving this hint.
Best regards, --zeno 19:24, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
It appears to be rare but possible. It's not an area I have studied so I can't say much more than that. My impression is that it is safe enough to use them and leave it to the choice of the final user to decide, letting them use the image tagging to remove them if they do not want to use them. Jamesday 00:15, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thank you for changing the text. --zeno 10:28, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] This is stuffing up.
Here's a good example:
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright.
Note: This only applies to works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual US state, territory, commonwealth, county, subdivision, or municipality. |
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- Yes, it's broken for me too; can we fix it, or revert to the previous version for now if we can't? Thanks. — Matt 11:30, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- After a bit of debugging, I think it justs needs a newline at the top of the article. — Matt 12:44, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Template:PD-US
What's the difference between this template and Template:PD-US ? ✏ Sverdrup 21:11, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- The differences are that PD-USGov refers to "work", versus PD-US's "image", and the former stating a worldwide public domain versus the latter saying the possibility of being public domain elsewhere. -- SEWilco 01:13, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- According to the statement at the top of Template talk:PD-US, it seems to be meant for images not produced by the government, but rather things that have expired copyright in the U.S., or were never eligible for copyright under U.S. law in the first place. Therefore, images under PD-USGov could be considered a subset of PD-US. (I suppose it might be good to break it down into PD-US-expired and PD-US-ineligible or something). —Mulad (talk) 15:13, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Seal
Any else get a tickle out of a template for public domain images including a fair use image embedded within it?
- While not a "fair use image", it is most likely being used illegally. anthony (see warning) 06:04, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- It seems Anthony is correct, see 18 USC 713. --Michael Snow 06:15, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Why not use the US flag as an image then? -Lommer 02:00, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- It seems Anthony is correct, see 18 USC 713. --Michael Snow 06:15, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] "This applies worldwide."
This may not apply worldwide (see above). Why was this edit made? Guanaco 20:33, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Federal government?
I believe the template message should be changed to
- This work is in the public domain because it is a work of the United States
federalGovernment. This applies worldwide. See Copyright.
Or is there any other template for this purpose? --DuKot 01:51, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Government seal instead of the C?
How about using the image to the right [image of the Great Seal of the US, since removed] instead of the C with a cross through it for this template? Seems more appropriate for this template. [unsigned comment by User:Tomf688]
- You seem to have missed the reference above, indicating that it may be illegal to use the seal in this manner. --Michael Snow 23:54, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Interwiki link to vi:
Please add an interwiki link to the Vietnamese version of this template:
<noinclude>[[vi:Tiêu bản:PD-USGov]]</noinclude>
Thanks.
– Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 00:47, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Interwiki link to he
Why is this template protected for such a prolonged period of time?
Please add [[he:תבנית:זכויות יוצרים-ממשלת ארצות הברית]]. --Asbl 17:25, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ...excluding such as
The license doesn't cover [2] works by:
- U.S. Postal Service
- District of Columbia
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Territorial areas under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government
- State, local, or foreign governments
feydey 21:16, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- Are there tags appropriate for state works then? I cannot find any for tagging a map prepared by the Pennsylvania State Government. Skabat169 15:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- The works of many (most?) states are copyrighted by the state and are not free content by default. I believe we do have some state templates for the ones that are okay. --Gmaxwell 16:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] protected edit request
Requesting a note be added that this does NOT cover state governments. I made this change on commons (See Commons:Template:PD-USGov) as large numbers of people there were adding state pics as PD-USGov. Thanx. 68.39.174.238 19:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- I was wondering this myself. I added a notice which I hope is adequate. --tomf688 (talk - email) 02:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Thank you. 68.39.174.238 21:30, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Interwiki fo sr:
Please add interwiki link to Serbian Language Wikipedia:
[[sr:Шаблон:ЈВ-САДВлада]]
Thank you. --Branislav Jovanovic 22:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you again. --Branislav Jovanovic 06:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Please replace text with link to {{USC}}
Please replace
- Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code
with
—Markles 13:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
