[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

Thu Jul 20 14:21:40 UTC 2006

> So, you wouldn't allow photos of buildings where a company's logo was
> on their building?
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:NYC_Top_of_the_Rock_Pano.jpg
> is a featured image on commons and has logos, even if they are a bit
> blurry. A clearer example is
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Melb_cbd.jpg

If we can be sure that we aren't breaking the law, then I'd be very
happy for Commons to house such images. I really can't say whether
we're breaking the law to copyleft an image with a copyrighted logo in
it, I certainly hope law isn't that restrictive.

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)