Copyright Free Music from NASA?

[solarblast]

It just occurred to me that a lot NASA stuff, particularly educational, is copyright free, and available for use. There is a limit if they have borrowed material from other sources. However, has anyone had experience using it? I found this interesting site <http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/cfimages.html>. It has some interesting stuff, and a group of links on NASA.

[M Bruner]

I think what makes it fly under the radar site of piracy laws is the majority of its material is used for educational purposes. What does everyone else think?

[gadgetguy]

Aside from classified material and technologies, in my opinion everything they develop that could be copyrighted belongs to the people of the US and automatically belongs in the public domain. It was all paid for by our tax dollars and should be freely available to all of the citizens for whatever non-exclusive purpose they desire, private or commercial.

[filmboss80]

Footage originating from NASA is certainly in the public domain. However, in most--if not all--of their productions, they licensed music from a stock production music library. (I have known several NASA production people, and am quite familiar with their production methods.) There is no NASA orchestra that composes or performs this music. Do not assume AT ALL that the music is public domain. The website you listed seems to be created by people who are not completely in the know.

[solarblast]

I would think either their web site for an item or in the item itself, DVD, for example, would have credits for audio and video.