Fredrik Josefsson wrote:
Thank you for the input to my last post.
Here is the next one!!!!
What is the deal with trademarked images that are not procted by copyrights? Should they find a haven on Commons, or should they be wiped out?
An ambitious user created template:trademarked ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Trademarked ) that he then applied to some images he did not consider possible to copyright because of a "lack of creativity". The template was applied to, for example, the logotypes of Opel and Mazda.
It was also suggested that the logotype of the Wikimedia foundation is not copyrightable because it does not containt sufficient creative authorship.
This is all based on some persistant users alleged comprehension of German jurisdiction where (according to the users) "sweat of the brow" is required to render something copyrightable.
Indeed, said user (Rtc) is basically saying that all logos are free of copyright, although this is most definitely not the case in the UK.
Ed (ed_g2s)
So what are the legal definitions on copyrightability, and what to do with images that are only trademark protected but not copyright protected?
/ Fred a.k.a. Fred-Chess
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