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Simple question about these (great) posters : whats their legal statuts regarding IP ? Possible use for commercial purpose ? Obligation to mention the source ? I'd love to use them for presentation about security.

Any link to information about that would be very welcome too.

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This should be applicable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_th...

"The U.S. government asserts that it can still hold the copyright to those works in other countries."

Going a little further I read : "the U.S. Government may obtain protection in other countries depending on the treatment of government works by the national copyright law of the particular country." (from the CENDI FAQ), which is adequate with private international law.

Anyway, thank you !

I was going to ask the same - and it seems they're essentially public domain.

I'm going to paint a few of these on ten foot high canvasses, to adorn the lair.

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