On 9/6/06, Anthony <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
In what jurisdictions is it legal to put the Bibel TV
logo in an
encyclopedia article? Presumably Germany (not copyrightable) and the
United States (fair use), but I don't know the complete answer to this
question, and I think the answer to it is the key to whether or not
it's an acceptable image.
Thinking about this some more, I see two possible answers to get out
of "limbo-land".
1) If an image is useable under the rules of more than one project
(such as German Wikipedia and English Wikipedia), then it can be in
commons.
OR
2) If an image is useable under the rules of every single project,
then it can be in commons.
I could see arguments for either policy. But the restrictions
certainly shouldn't be tighter than that. If an image is useable
under the rules of every single project, then it certainly should be
allowed in commons.
Are trademarked, but public domain, images disallowed (per se) from any project?
Anthony