European Space Agency is not using copyright to block access to Rosetta images. One research institute and one scientist in particular is using a contracted promise that he and his team will have first whack at the Rosetta images before the public does to keep the OSIRIS images from the public. It is NOT ESA's policy. You might want to have your writer dig into this more deeply to get the story straight. It is frustrating to ESA scientists who are being tarred with the brush of one team's refusal to release images, but it is NOT as your writer states, due to copyright. It's due to contractual promises. All the other teams ARE sharing their data and images.
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European Space Agency is not using copyright to block access to Rosetta images. One research institute and one scientist in particular is using a contracted promise that he and his team will have first whack at the Rosetta images before the public does to keep the OSIRIS images from the public. It is NOT ESA's policy. You might want to have your writer dig into this more deeply to get the story straight. It is frustrating to ESA scientists who are being tarred with the brush of one team's refusal to release images, but it is NOT as your writer states, due to copyright. It's due to contractual promises. All the other teams ARE sharing their data and images.