File:Seal of California (Medusa Detail), 1952, West Entrance of California State Capitol, Sacramento.jpg

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Description	Detail of the face of Medusa on Minerva's shield within the Seal of California located at the west entrance of the California State Capitol in Sacramento
Source	Own Photograph
Date	1952
Author	State of California
Permission (Reusing this file)	Seal of California

Other information

This seal was created by inmate labor at San Quentin State Prison in 1952

Licensing[edit]

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the State of California that was in any way "involved in the governmental process" and "prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency" or officer. That work is available pursuant to court interpretation of the Sunshine Amendment of the Constitution of California, and/or the California Public Records Act (CPRA), which contained no relevant provision(s) for copyright.

It is not copyrighted because (lacking an exception in statute like those for works of the Department of Toxic Substances Control or works of certain colleges established by statute) "unrestricted disclosure is required".

See County of Santa Clara v. CFAC. In brief, the "CPRA contains no provisions either for copyrighting [this work] or for conditioning its release on an end user or licensing agreement by the requester. The record thus must be disclosed as provided in the CPRA, without any such conditions or limitations." Subject to general disclaimers.

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Great Seal of California

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Camera manufacturer	ES.M540
Camera model	SPH-M540
Date and time of data generation	12:42, 15 July 2011
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	ES.M540
Y and C positioning	Centered
Exposure Program	Normal program
Exif version	2.2
Date and time of digitizing	12:42, 15 July 2011
Meaning of each component	Y Cb Cr does not exist
APEX brightness	0.0048828125
Metering mode	Center weighted average
Supported Flashpix version	1
Color space	sRGB
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image