User:Kees08/Spaceflight copyright guide

The following is not legal advice. It is intended as a reference guide to determining copyright for spaceflight images. You are responsible for evaluating the media license agreement and determining the copyright status.

CNES

 * From Commons: "The normal duration of copyright is 70 years following the end of the year of death of the author (or the death of the last author for multiple authors); if the work is anonymous, pseudonymous or collective, it is 70 years following the end of the year of publication of the work (unless the authors named themselves). This applies only if publication occurs within 70 years of creation (see Article L123-3)."

Chilton Computing
Image license


 * Do not permit commercial use

Example: the +3000 images at their website Chilton Computing.

Images taken by contractors

 * How to tell if contractor created media

Available date

 * Monument to Yuri Gagarin