Thunderbird Binaries

Accident reports are public information and are releasable. They are the
determining factor in any legal claim against the government. Mishap
reports on the other hand are not releasable.

--
Les
F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret)
And former Wing Safety Officer


"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
...
While I understand why it's very important not to release information
given to the accident investigation board in confidence, is there any
reason for the ATC who took the picture not to release it himself

Actually, the ATC who took it, *did not* release it, instead he did the
right
thing and gave it to safety officials for the investigation. As private
property he could have done anything he wanted with the picture. I believe
it
leaked out along with the accident investigation report.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

"S. Sampson" wrote in message
news:EN1Sb.9151$Q_4.5092@okepread03...
Anyone know who took the picture, and why it was never copyright?

You do not need to register it to retain copyrights. That said, I will
remove the photo if the owner asserts his copyrights.

Clark wrote:

Can the Air Force, as a US government entity, hold copywrite? I'm under the
impressiono that nothing the Feds own is copywritable. I may have the
language wrong but if the government owns intellectual property then it's in
the public domain (unless classified...).

Yes, they can hold copyrights. They can hold patents and license them too.

It's pretty clear that the video was made with AF hardware. I doubt they
contract for that. If they did, it is possible that the contractor has the
rights, but I doubt it.

"Clark" stillnospam@me wrote in message
...
nafod40 wrote in :

Clark wrote:

Can the Air Force, as a US government entity, hold copywrite? I'm under
the impressiono that nothing the Feds own is copywritable. I may have
the language wrong but if the government owns intellectual property
then it's in the public domain (unless classified...).

Yes, they can hold copyrights. They can hold patents and license them
too.



from www.copywrite.gov:

§ 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works35

Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the
United States Government, but the United States Government is not
precluded
from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment,
bequest, or otherwise.

e.g. the US government can't apply for a copywrite but may receive one. In
the case of the ejection video, hmmm?

FWIW, the ejection picture (shot from the control tower) was on the Air
Force Link website today (as part of the week in pictures):

http://www.af.mil


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