user_Jamesday wrote:
Logos are clearly fair use in our articles about
companies. However, we should also pursue the licensing options described in the talk page
of the article. The reasons are pragmatic: if we're licensed, we're less likely to
have legal action taken against us. Also, being licensed allows us to clearly use the
images in every country except the US, where fair use equivalents are often significantly
more restrictive. That is, licensing is an asset, not a liability. Well, unless you like
needless legal action because we didn't ask for a free to acquire license, that is.
I've dealt with PR Newswire (I have a license from them myself) and spoke with them
about Wikipedia licensing some months ago. No problem to license us. All we have to do is
ask officially and we'll have worldwide licenses for corporate logos and all sorts of
other images, almost all of which are also going to be fair use in the US, when used as
we'll use them. Similarly, no problem for other encyclopedias to obtain a license -
it's a specific category on their application and the applications are generally
accepted. It's paperwork, but that's about all - it doesn't actually restrict
things. It certainly doesn't stop us from telling people that while we have a license,
it's also fair use.
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This is what I've been doing - PAPress photos is the British equivalent.
However I'd wait to see if Jimbo changes his mind on their deletion
before you do any work on it. I've spent a lot of time getting
permissions, which could be in vain.
For what we've got so far:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Imported_pictures
pixelquelle is public domain, the rest we have permission for.
Caroline, Secretlondon