[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

Sun Jul 23 05:07:59 UTC 2006

On 22/07/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Brianna Laugher wrote:
>
> >On 21/07/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>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.
> >>
> >>
> >The feeling at the moment tends to be: it's *in context* so it's OK.
> >We have quite a few images that have a mishmash of logos. But if you
> >crop any of those photos to just show one logo only, then that crop
> >would not be free.
> >
> "May" not be free, not "would" not be free.  There is no basis for such
> certainty.

OK, whatever. My point was: it would probably get nominated for
deletion and that would probably succeed.

> In any event, why would anyone want to use a low resolution crop, when
> better pictures of the logo are probably more easily found?

Because they're a user from a non-fair use/commons-only project who
doesn't understand copyright very well.

Brianna