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While no material in Patholines has a licensing more stringent than [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 4.0], many images are '''[[Public Domain]]''', that is, without any restrictions (See [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Creative Commons for details]). The status of each image is seen on its description page (found by clicking the image). Furthermore, as per U.S. copyright laws, tables and graphs are not copyrightable unless they have some artistic, literary or other copyrightable aspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/83329/copyrightability_of_tables_charts_and_graphs.pdf|title=Copyrightability of Tables, Charts and Graphs|website=Deep Blue Repositories, University of Michigan Library|accessdate=2022-01-07}}</ref> | While no material in Patholines has a licensing more stringent than [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 4.0], many images are '''[[Public Domain]]''', that is, without any restrictions (See [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Creative Commons for details]). The status of each image is seen on its description page (found by clicking the image). Furthermore, as per U.S. copyright laws, tables and graphs are not copyrightable unless they have some artistic, literary or other copyrightable aspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/83329/copyrightability_of_tables_charts_and_graphs.pdf|title=Copyrightability of Tables, Charts and Graphs|website=Deep Blue Repositories, University of Michigan Library|accessdate=2022-01-07}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Scary FBI logo.jpg|thumb|200px|Scary FBI logos like this are often copy-pasted into works, together with threatening text, but this does not change your copyrights.]] | [[File:Scary FBI logo.jpg|thumb|200px|Scary FBI logos like this are often copy-pasted into works, together with threatening text, but this does not change your copyrights.{{Image source|This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.}}]] | ||
This resource is published under U.S. jurisdiction, and the United States copyright law holds that "''In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.''",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.copyright.gov/title17/title17.pdf|title=Copyright Law OF THE United States and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code|website=U.S. Copyright Office}} May 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102|title=17 U.S. Code § 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general|website=Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute|accessdate=2022-01-11}}</ref> and hence, for any scholarly pathology text that is published in the United States that does not involve any significant artistic or poetic innovation, you can most definitely use it as Public Domain, and defend such usage by stating that it describes anatomical, physiological and pathological processes and systems (regardless of how many copyright tags or FBI logos are displayed therein). Hence, in practice, the attribution as per above when using material from Patholines is a polite request rather than a legal requirement. | This resource is published under U.S. jurisdiction, and the United States copyright law holds that "''In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.''",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.copyright.gov/title17/title17.pdf|title=Copyright Law OF THE United States and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code|website=U.S. Copyright Office}} May 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102|title=17 U.S. Code § 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general|website=Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute|accessdate=2022-01-11}}</ref> and hence, for any scholarly pathology text that is published in the United States that does not involve any significant artistic or poetic innovation, you can most definitely use it as Public Domain, and defend such usage by stating that it describes anatomical, physiological and pathological processes and systems (regardless of how many copyright tags or FBI logos are displayed therein). Hence, in practice, the attribution as per above when using material from Patholines is a polite request rather than a legal requirement. | ||