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

[Jeff Johns]

The Secretary of AMSAT is a lawyer. I’m sure he could offer an opinion. It’s an interesting question. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On Nov 30, 2019, at 12:22 AM, Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis."
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