[Commons-l] (Free) culture clash: Virgin ad campaign and Flickr photos

[geni]

On 7/25/07, Fruggo <fruggo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been wondering about that. AFAIK CC-licenses aren't about trade mark
> law. So, anyone else won't be able to use te logo even if it is part of a
> CC'd work, since it will be protected as a trade mark. Isn't it the same
> discussion as about the moral rights and personality rights? A free
> copyright-license doesn't mean you wave moral or personality rights (so,
> Virgin can't use the picture they used just by claiming it's CC), nor does
> it wave trade mark rights (so, we can't use Virgin's logo even if it would
> be part of a CC'd work).
>
> -Fruggo

If the logo was used as a part of the logo would could use the logo
just not to sell anything that Virgin sells (ok a bit more complicated
but that is the basics).


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geni