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i did not know that "As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain." how does that apply to work that is sponored by the us federal government??? like a building - are all government buildings in the public domain? or research? are all research projects that get money fromthe government in the public domain? 68.236.181.27

Those are broad questions. All works that were created by United States government employees as part of their normal professional duties are public domain. That doesn't necessarily extend quite as far as your question implies. For instance, the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a public domain federal artwork. But since it's a three dimensional artwork, a photograph of it by a private photographer would be that photographer's creative property. And for private citizens whose work is sponsored by federal grant money - that's something you ought to look into case by case. Durova 02:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I think the law keeps that intentionally vague, as in some contract and/or commissioned works, it would make sense that the results were PD, and not in others -- it depends on the nature of the work. See 17 U.S.C. § 105, and especially its notes. Carl Lindberg 04:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)