About a year ago it was common sense to delete Logos
in german
Wikipedia and at the Commons. This changed in german Wikipedia (I
don't think this is wise) - Logos like
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:GIGAlogo.jpg
are keeped and won't be deleted because the supporters argue that
regarding german law the "amount of creativity" to create this logo
is too low.
The "keine Schöpfungshöhe" [[Threshold of originality]] is a term that
does not exist as such in the english language. But the reason the
german wikipedia does not care is because the german "Urheberrecht"
(copyright) is not infringed. We do not even infringe any law
including the "Markenrecht" (trademarks).
I am argueing, the "amount of work, money and
nerves" caused by a
possible law suit - which won't have to be taken by the supporters -
is too high.
I do not care about that at all. It is the responsibility of the
uploader. Wikimedia projects do not even need logo images IMHO. And
even if the uploader is sued I do not know on what grounds. If someone
prints a logo on a t-shirt and sells the stuff he infringes the
"Markenrecht". That is of no concern of the uploader whatsoever.
In my opinion theese pictures should be deleted from
commons (...and
de) on sight.
From commons yes. But that is because commons needs to
think about
international law. And in other countries such a thing as "keine
Schöpfungshöhe" does not exist. So please do not confuse issues like
WP de and WM commons.
greetings
Paddy
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