[Foundation-l] Logo Copyright

[Mike Godwin]

Klaus Graf writes:

Nobody can be in doubt that the Volvo Logo isn't copyrighted at least
> in the US.


Of course they can. Plenty of letterform-based designs are copyrighted in
the United States.


> If attorneys are confusing trademark and copyright
> protection Wikimedia counsel should not imitate them.


I'm not imitating anyone, but thanks.


> Would you PLEASE
> read
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality
>

I hope you will understand why I choose not to ignore my understanding of
copyright law and defer instead to a Wikipedia article, no matter how
well-intentioned it is, and no matter how highly I respect Wikipedia as a
general-knowledge resource.  Wikipedia is not an authority on what copyright
is, or on what is copyrightable.

>
> Thank you.
>

Oh, no, thank *you*.


--Mike