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

Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher at gmail.com
Thu Jul 26 01:51:15 UTC 2007


On 26/07/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did find at least one picture used in the campaign which was under
> CC-BY-SA (the best of the CC licences from a free culture perspective)
> so now the Virgin Mobile logo is indeed available under CC-BY-SA (or a
> compatible alternative). The logo remains protected by trademark of
> course.

LOL. Was it CC-BY-SA at the time, or has it been changed retroactively?

Anyone feel like testing this out? :) What interesting derivatives
could we think up?

Anyone in a friendly jurisdiction that doesn't recognise trademark law
or something? :)

cheers
Brianna



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