On 9/14/05, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
Use of the Central Intelligence Agency Seal Federal law prohibits use of the words Central Intelligence Agency, the initials CIA, the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency, or any colorable imitation of such words, initials, or seal in connection with any merchandise, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Central Intelligence Agency. http://www.cia.gov/cia/notices.html#seal
Of course, in all fairness, I might also point out that it could just be that in this instance I'm misreading this clause -- perhaps it is only saying that you can't use it in a commercial situation IF it is implying endorsement. I'm somewhat unclear on what we should regard the copyright status of logos of federal agencies, because they often seem to be handled differently than "materials produced by" those agencies in question -- much more restricted and regulated, not "public domain" in the sense that you can use and re-use and produce your own copyrights with them.
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