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Description: The Earth flag is not an official flag, since there is no official governing body over Earth. The flag holds a photo transfer of a NASA image of the Earth on a dark blue background. It has been associated with Earth Day. Although the flag was originally copyrighted, a judge ruled[1] that the copyright was invalid. Earth Flag Ltd. v. Alamo Flag Co., 154 F. Supp. 2d 663 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
Title: Earth flag PD
Credit: from [2]: Earth flag created solely from public domain sources and released into the public domain by Derrick Coetzee.
Author: John McConnell
Permission: This file is in the public domain, because copyright on the flag was invalidated by a United States federal judge. In case this is not legally possible: The right to use this work is granted to anyone for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Please verify that the reason given above complies with Commons' licensing policy. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Dcoetzee. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: Dcoetzee grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
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License: Public domain
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