[Foundation-l] CISCO TV Commericals using Wikipedia Logo

Oldak Quill oldakquill at gmail.com
Sun Nov 26 14:23:49 UTC 2006


Could you message this list in the future to tell us what has been
decided in terms of this kind of thing? It was the right decision,
IMO, but it would be good to have the transparency and community
involvement.

On 26/11/06, daniwo59 at aol.com <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> To be a little more exact, the ad agency contacted us about using the  logo
> for the ad. We all discussed it in the office, and agreed that there should  be
> some compensation. I asked, and they agreed. Nothing too spectacular.
>
> Danny
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/25/2006 9:48:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> messedrocker at gmail.com writes:
>
> Yup,  Danny Wool negotiated with Cisco to use Wikipedia in the commercial.
>
> If  I remember Danny correctly, he said he got the Foundation a nice sum  of
> moolah for it.
>
> On 11/25/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey  <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I jsut  saw a television commercial on the SciFi where CISCO shows a 3
> > second  spot with a laptop computer using Wikipedia.
> > The commercial aired at  7:33 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.   There were
> > no screen  shots of Windows or any other computer
> > software on the commercial  apart from Wikipedia's logo.  The laptop
> > appeared to be a MAC but  I am not certain.
> >
> > Jeff
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