More pictures from Hubble.

absolutely

cold!!"

Did you ask permission to distribute these? I had to obtain permission to use the Hubble image I used as the background for Dragon of the Stars. They were great about it, said yes immediately, but gave me the information that needed to be on each chart.

Just a heads up, these are copyrighted images afterall, not public domain.

Caryn

I think there is a difference between us. As I understand it, you make money from designing patterns. I dont. I believe what I am doing comes under the definition of "fair usage". I see no reason why I should not make a pattern for my own use, and if I want to share this with my friends, at no profit to myself, then I dont see that I am doing anything wrong at all.

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

snipped-for-privacy@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (F.James Cripwell) wrote in news:d4l6n3$79i$ snipped-for-privacy@theodyn.ncf.ca:

You can make it for your own use, but as soon as you distribute it (since you aren't teaching with it), it falls out of fair use -- money has nothing to do with it. See myths number 4 and 6.

patterns.

permission

Hello, I don't usually post, but thought I could contribute to this. I have a friend at the Space Telescope Science Institute (home of the Hubble) and I forwarded this thread to him. His response is below:

"Interesting -- the well intending correspondent who warns that one needs copyright permission is in fact incorrect -- Hubble images _are_ in the public domain."

Sandi

Good God, Jim - I agree with you AGAIN!

Pat P

Uh huh...yep, no problem for you Jim.

take care, Linda :)

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada See pictures of my work at:

Well, we got answer from STSI, but here's my few cents. It's hard to figure out the copyrigh laws. Let's say that these pics _would_ be copyrighted. In Finland, it's ok to make (out of any painting, picture whatever) one copy for yourself. Then there are few things that you can copy for few of your friends, like cd's etc. from your own collection.

Johanna

See

permission

friends, at no

picture

collection.

STSI is the group I received permission from. They do hold the copyrights to the Hubble Images, not NASA.

So, therefore, you would need their permission to distribute their images. It's not a difficult thing, you email, ask, they say yes and ask for specific information to be on what you distribute.

In the time it took Jim to tell me I was wrong, he could have emailed them for permission.

Caryn

friends, at no

picture

collection.

STSI is the group I received permission from. They do hold the copyrights to the Hubble Images, not NASA.

So, therefore, you would need their permission to distribute their images. It's not a difficult thing, you email, ask, they say yes and ask for specific information to be on what you distribute.

In the time it took Jim to tell me I was wrong, he could have emailed them for permission.

Caryn

The Associate Director for Science at STScI says you don't need to ask permission. There is no claim to copyright. However, they do request appropriate acknowledgement and voluntary reporting of use.

Oh, please post. Don't be intimidated. I've been following this thread with interest and noted your replies and found the resources interesting.

Dianne

Sandi wrote:

Don't let anyone put you off posting - stay and post about other things lol

Thank you Dianne and Lucretia. I just felt like I was being ignored and so I got huffy for a moment. Cyberspace is like that sometimes. I've been around rctn ever since its inception 'way back in

Sandi