Checked content

File:Mohamed Atta.jpg

Mohamed_Atta.jpg(150 × 200 pixels, file size: 14 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Description

Mohamed Atta al-Sayed, an Egyptian who led the September 11 attacks.

Date
Source This picture was taken off of his Florida driver's license. It appeared on the FBI's website shortly after the attacks ( http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/penttbom/aa11/11.htm).
Author some DMV employee

Licensing

Public domain
This work was created by a government unit of the U.S. state of Florida and is in the public domain under Florida law. Florida's Constitution and its statutes do not permit public records to be copyrighted unless the legislature specifically states they can be. This file is part of the "public record made or received in connection with the official business of any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf, [which includes the work of] the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and each agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to [Florida] law or [its] Constitution" (Florida Constitution, § 24) such as a work made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any state, county, district, or other unit of government created or established by law of the State of Florida (definition of public work at Fla. Stat. § 119.011(12)), and does not fall into any of the various categories of works for which the legislature has specifically permitted copyright to be claimed (see, e.g., § 286.031 [authorizing the Department of State to hold copyrights]; § 24.105(10), Fla. Stat. (2003) [authorizing the Department of the Lottery to hold copyrights]; § 601.101, Fla. Stat. (2003) [permitting the Department of Citrus to hold legal title to copyrights]; § 1004.23, Fla. Stat. (2002) [authorizing universities to secure copyrights in certain works], § 119.084 [permitting agencies to hold copyright for data processing software the agencies have created]; §331.303(13) [authorizing copyright in projects of the Florida Space Authority]). It is consequently in the public domain according to court interpretation of the Florida Constitution, Article I, § 24(a) and Florida Statutes, § 119.01. See Microdecisions, Inc. v. Skinner, 889 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) ( Findlaw)
Florida seal
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Did you know...?

Schools Wikipedia has made the best of Wikipedia available to students. SOS Children is famous for the love and shelter it brings to lone children, but we also support families in the areas around our Children's Villages, helping those who need us the most. You can help by sponsoring a child.