erj145aviator
Junior Member
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Good Morning,
I have a basic question regarding what I can and cannot do with material in a book/manual that was created by the Federal Aviation Administration. This book is made available to the general public free of charge at their website: Aviation Handbooks & Manuals.
I'm building a website that will act as an on-line reference for pilots. I will not charge a fee for users. However, I will be supporting the development costs and upkeep through ads; either by google or 3rd party. I may want to convert it to paid access at a later date.
One portion of the site includes an aviation terminology search feature/index. Essentially its vocabulary and terms and the definitions are pulled right out of the books/manuals provided by the FAA. (Word for word.) This is kind of a twisted look on it...because that is the FAA's take on a topic/term/subject and in the aviation world the FAA is 'god'. So their way and views are always more correct than anything else or anyone's take on a definition/term/concept ... whatever. I want to provide the 'FAA version' to my target audience.
Am I violating any laws by doing so? If this was a book I paid for done by a private party - I understand I'd probably need their permission. But this is a government publication made available to the general public free of charge. As long as I specify somewhere on the web page that: portions of content are from the FAA manual/book x...am I legal? What would I have to do to be legal?
Thanks much,
-Matt
Good Morning,
I have a basic question regarding what I can and cannot do with material in a book/manual that was created by the Federal Aviation Administration. This book is made available to the general public free of charge at their website: Aviation Handbooks & Manuals.
I'm building a website that will act as an on-line reference for pilots. I will not charge a fee for users. However, I will be supporting the development costs and upkeep through ads; either by google or 3rd party. I may want to convert it to paid access at a later date.
One portion of the site includes an aviation terminology search feature/index. Essentially its vocabulary and terms and the definitions are pulled right out of the books/manuals provided by the FAA. (Word for word.) This is kind of a twisted look on it...because that is the FAA's take on a topic/term/subject and in the aviation world the FAA is 'god'. So their way and views are always more correct than anything else or anyone's take on a definition/term/concept ... whatever. I want to provide the 'FAA version' to my target audience.
Am I violating any laws by doing so? If this was a book I paid for done by a private party - I understand I'd probably need their permission. But this is a government publication made available to the general public free of charge. As long as I specify somewhere on the web page that: portions of content are from the FAA manual/book x...am I legal? What would I have to do to be legal?
Thanks much,
-Matt