[amsat-bb] Use of "veronica" beacons on wikipedia

[Jean Marc Momple]

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 at 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 at 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!
>> 
>> --Roy
>> K3RLD
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> -Michelle W5NYV
> 
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