On 5 August 2010 22:23, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 14:07 +0100, Thomas Dalton
wrote:
On 5 August 2010 10:18, Stephen Tilley
<stephen(a)tilley.net> wrote:
Do we know if the BBC asked for permission to use
another organisation's
logo in this way?
I don't see why they would need to. There is certainly no trademark
violation, since the way it was used couldn't confuse anyone into
thinking the BBC was associated with Wikipedia, and think the fair use
exemption to copyright would apply (they are essentially providing
commentary on the logo).
This is not the United States of America. It is *fair dealing*, not fair
use.
Indeed. I'm in the habit of speaking American so as not to confuse
their little minds! ;) I need to break that habit when emailing the UK
list...