Roy,
This is an interesting subject which triggers some questions:
Is telemetry or beacon of satellites subject to copyright?
As far as I know none have a copyright warning, more many records and TLM are circulated openly on many sites or forums.
Any lawyer in the community who may advise?
Regards
Jean Marc
On Nov 29, 2019, at 2:56 AM, Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I’m in favor. I cannot think of a reason why it shouldn’t be on Wikipedia and in wiki commons.
I will ask the rest of the board today.
-Michelle W5NYV
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 08:20 Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I recorded some very high quality beacons for AO-95, and was hoping to put them in wiki commons for inclusion on the AO-95 wikipedia page. However before doing so you are warned about copyrighted material and I realize that uploading that recording is likely no different than uploading anybody else's musical or spoken word work.
I also took a screen grab of the waterfall showing the characteristic "fox tail", which I believe is free and clear - and I checked the AMSAT website regarding copyrighted material and it only mentions audio used on the AMSAT website (I think).
Anyhoo, can I get written permission to post beacon recordings to wiki commons (wikipedia)? Do I need to go through the website form (it doesn't really to "work" for recorded audio, only images) If not, no biggie.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
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-- -Michelle W5NYV
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