[Foundation-l] Requests to use the foundations' trademarks/logos.

Fri Jul 14 11:44:03 UTC 2006

On 7/14/06, Jack <jackdt at gmail.com> wrote:
> The USA Library of Congress has requested permission to include
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict> in their collection of
> Internet material concerning the crisis in Darfur.
>
> They wish to
> 1. archive the page at regular intervals, and
> 2. publish it on their publicly accessible web site.
>
> They completely reproduce pages for archival purposes: capturing all
> identifying site documentation, including URL, trademark, copyright
> statement, ownership, publication date
> <http://www.loc.gov/webcapture/faq.html>; so the GFDL requirements are
> met, but what about the trademark/logo? Who needs to give permission
> or refuse?
>
> WikiMedia OTRS ticket: 2006071110012086
> LC Reference: Darfur 88979 CD

I remember a similar request from 2004 during the Tsunami (okay, the
actual request should have been from january-february 2005) from the
US LOC for a collection about this.  Maybe someone is able to find the
ticket and how we reacted to this. As far as I am concerned, their
request is fine and I consider it a shame that libraries are requested
to ask for this to preserve the cultural heritage, no matter if it is
on dead trees or on a DVD.