[Foundation-l] Banning Fair Use (was Re: Foundation Licensing Policy)

[Robert Horning]

Oldak Quill wrote:
> On 28/03/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 3/28/07, Robert Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> For everything that you want to talk about?  If you are going to use an
>>> example of logos, sure, you can find *an example* of a PD logo.  But
>>> even the WMF logo is not public domain.... it isn't even a free content
>>> license.  The only way you can use the WMF logo in a Wikimedia project
>>> (in an article or book module) is under fair use concepts.  Of course
>>> such a fair use application would have to be in context.
>>>       
>> There is however the free Debian logo
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Debian-logo.svg
>>
>> The bass logo is PD
>>
>> Fore adverts there is various US gov stuff and we can create images ourselves.
>>     
>
> I don't find it hard imagining a justifiable context in which a big
> corporate logo needs to be used in a book about logo design,
> advertising, a history of corporate America,  &c.
>
>   
How about a book on the history of the Ford Motor Company?  The Debian 
logo has no use in that situation, but it would very much be reasonable 
to use the official Ford logo.  And that is done in the commercial 
publishing world without explicit permission of the organization who 
"owns" the logo.  That is fair-use.