Overview

Materials hosted in the Open Parks Network repository are from various national and state park systems in the United States. Rights statements have been applied based on creators and source of materials. For items with copyright unknown or a rights statements other than a Public Domain Mark, U.S. Government Work, or South Carolina Public Record – please contact us for permission to publish items.

U.S. Government Works

A United States government work is prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person’s official duties.

It is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. copyright laws:

• reproduce the work in print or digital form
• create derivative works
• perform the work publicly
• display the work
• distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.

Learn more about U.S. Government Works.

South Carolina Public Records

In accordance with the South Carolina State Library, works created by agencies of South Carolina state government or its subdivisions are the property of the people of the state of South Carolina, therefore considered in the public domain. This is due to (South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 30, Chapter 4) South Carolina state government works are publicly made available by the Freedom of Information Act.

Metadata Usage

The Open Parks Network dedicates its metadata contributions to the public domain pursuant to a CC0 Public Domain Dedication.