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What’s the copyright law regarding pictures taken with the Hubble and other space telescopes?

Question by ciamalo: What’s the copyright law regarding pictures taken with the Hubble and other space telescopes?
Are the Hubble, ESO, ESA, NASA and Spitzer telescopes’ deep-space photos protected by copyright, or are they open to use because they were obtained with government funds? What are the pertinent rules of usage? If permission is needed, where would that be obtained?.

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Answer by Bryce
Most things published by the US Federal government are done so copyright-free. If they are copyrighted, you will see the little “c-in-a-circle” or “r-in-a-circle” (signifying a registered copyright).

If they are copyright free, you can use ‘em however you please. Otherwise, contact the holder and ask for permission.

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The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken

In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents, is forever changed by it. How Can the universe be 78 billion LY across? I explain that in this article: www.deepastronomy.com There is also a link to a science paper on the topic, that paper actually states 96 billion LY. arxiv.org
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Hubble Space Telescope – Chapter 1

Part 1 in a series of videos produced by the ESA for public distribution about the Hubble Space Telescope and much more. This video is Copyright Free material with some restrictions. Find out more at: www.spacetelescope.org
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