Message: 10
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:37:38 -0700
From: Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia
logos
Do you now accept that it is quite possible that this
logo could be
appropriately tagged as PD and its use in Sv.Wp
articles is congruent
with their position about the removal of non-free WMF logos from
articles?
I wouldn't say "quite possible," no. I suspect Volvo's IP attorneys
have a
different opinion about whether the Volvo logo is public-domain than perhaps
you do.
Nobody can be in doubt that the Volvo Logo isn't copyrighted at least
in the US. If attorneys are confusing trademark and copyright
protection Wikimedia counsel should not imitate them. Would you PLEASE
read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality
Thank you.
Klaus Graf