You would be right, except for the fact that each user of the SpaceTrack site expressly agrees(among other things) "not to transfer any data or technical information received under the agreement, including the analysis of tracking data, to any other entity without the express approval of the DoD." So by going to that site, you have agreed not to transfer the information to this site. "Direct Copy" has nothing to do with it. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Goodey [mailto:thomas@flyingkettle.com] Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 18:01 To: Seesat List Subject: Transferring information On 4 Aug 2009 at 6:56, Robert Holdsworth wrote: > ... we are not supposed to post info from that site [Space-Track] in here owing to > restrictions. However I think it can safely be said... Who said that? Of course you can publish any information you like, anywhere, no matter where you get it from. You cannot directly copy the mode of expression of copyrighted information, of course, but the information itself is not protected by copyright. In other words, if it is a fact (or even a mistaken fact) that satellite X is on an orbit specified by the numbers A, B, and C, you can freely publish that fact (or mistake) anywhere you choose, expressed in your own words. Thomas Goodey Theories, theories, myriads upon myriads of them, streamed over me like wind-borne leaves, like the contents of some titanic paper-factory flung aloft by the storm, like dust-clouds in the hurricane advance of the mind. ---- Olaf Stapledon, 'Last Men in London' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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