I am searching for a public domain image of President Bill Clinton.
This is going to be used in a television show, so I need insure I have
the right to use the photograph. I do not want to pay extra for the
photo, but I do not mind crediting the photographer. So I need the
photo, and a link to copyright information of the photograph showing
that it is in the public domain, and that it can be used for such a
project. Thanks in advance!

I am looking for other pictures as well, please check my other questions! 

-Thomas

Dear glasscelloagain,

Please use this link to download the official White House portrait [1]
of Bill Clinton (size 2299 x 3000 pixels, 2.3 MB, color):
http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/1993/DoD/DD-SC-93-04622.JPEG

As the official presidential portrait, that image is a work of an
employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United
States, taken during the course of the person's official duties. As a
work of the U.S. Federal Government, the image is automatically in the
public domain.

The same official portrait is also available in black-and-white [2],
in two versions:

- Medium resolution JPEG file, 97 kB
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c07000/3c07700/3c07700v.jpg

- High resolution uncompressed TIFF file, 12 MB
http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c07000/3c07700/3c07700u.tif

I hope that this is what you were looking for!
Regards,
Scriptor



Sources:

[1] Defense Visual Information Center
http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/

[2] Library of Congress: Bill Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query

Wikipedia: Image of Bill Clinton
http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/1993/DoD/DD-SC-93-04622.JPEG

Wikipedia: Work of the United States Government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_the_United_States_Government

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Request for Answer Clarification by glasscelloagain-ga on 30 May 2006 13:22 PDT

Hi Scriptor, is there a statement somewhere that says the image is
public domain and covers the use in television?

Thanks. 

-Thomas

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 30 May 2006 18:38 PDT

I'm glad to know that you are satisfied.

Greetings,
Scriptor

Anything on a U.S. government web site not otherwise identified can be
assumed to be public domain.  A few works may be covered by copyright
(e.g. items on "loan" to the govt.), but this will be a very small
proportion.

Excellent work as always, Scriptor! You are one of the best.

Hello again.

I answered your Marcus Garvey question, and I hope you don't mind a
comment here as well.  The official portrait of Bill Clinton is
certainly in the public domain, as scriptor-ga noted.

Because of bureaucratic double-speak, it's actually quite difficult to
find explicit statements about the public domain status of a given
work.  Probably the closest you can come is this statement from the
DoDMedia site:


http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/What_We_Offer.htm

"The images on our web site can be downloaded ...at no cost and/or
limit...All media will be made fully and readily available unless
their release is precluded by statute..."


Like I said, double-speak!  But in essence, there's nothing in the law
that make a White House publicity photo 'restricted' in any sense of
the word, so that the Clinton photo is indeed, available for use
however you see fit.

Just my two cents...

paf

Excellent, thanks for all the help! I have actually seen this photo
used on television and in newspapers before, so I feel confident with
all this info that it is safe to use. Thanks again.