[WikiEN-l] FBI vs. Wikipedia

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Mon Aug 9 19:50:15 UTC 2010


On 9 August 2010 20:44, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

> There are similar issues with some other US government imagery - no
> copyright restrictions per se, but using it in a misleading fashion is
> explicitly illegal. The first example I can think of is the NASA logo,
> which we mark accordingly:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_logo.svg
> - note the third template.


Yep, yep. There's no structural problem, and if people misuse it they
get done under the relevant laws. Same for trademark or personality
rights.


- d.



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