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

Andre Engels andreengels at gmail.com
Thu Jul 26 13:58:52 UTC 2007


2007/7/26, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com>:

> 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.

I'm afraid it does not. I think including the picture doesn't make the
ad CC-BY-SA; rather, it makes the ad a copyright violation.

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