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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: stockastic on March 09, 2012, 13:28
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I recently did a photo that include a piece of a USGS topographic map. I chose an area without much text, and before submitting, I cloned out every bit of what text there was, leaving nothing but lines and color. Shutterstock rejected it for copyright. However, USGS topographics ARE in the public domain:
http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/faq.html (http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/faq.html)
Is this rejection typical, and is it the same at other agencies?
Might the image be accepted if I credited USGS in the description - like we do with NASA photos?