[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

[Brianna Laugher]

On 21/07/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, you wouldn't allow photos of buildings where a company's logo was
> > on their building?
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:NYC_Top_of_the_Rock_Pano.jpg
> > is a featured image on commons and has logos, even if they are a bit
> > blurry. A clearer example is
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Melb_cbd.jpg
>
>
> If we can be sure that we aren't breaking the law, then I'd be very
> happy for Commons to house such images. I really can't say whether
> we're breaking the law to copyleft an image with a copyrighted logo in
> it, I certainly hope law isn't that restrictive.

The feeling at the moment tends to be: it's *in context* so it's OK.
We have quite a few images that have a mishmash of logos. But if you
crop any of those photos to just show one logo only, then that crop
would not be free.

Brianna