[Wikipedia-l] Logos

[Evan Prodromou]

>>>>> "GM" == Green Mountain <greenmountain at alexandria.cc> writes:

    GM> Is including an image of a logo a breach of copyright?

Logos are almost always copyrighted. Uploading them to Wikipedia is a
breach of copyright law which may be defensible under the fair use
doctrine, which see:

      http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-a.html

Whether fair use images are appropriate for Wikipedia is a question
for the ages.

    GM> I would like to include the logo for Handspring Inc. . Will
    GM> this be possible?

Better ask: will it be necessary? Is it worth violating the idea of
Free Content to have a curvy X with a circle at the bottom on some
page? If you really think the article needs an illustration, why not
draw a picture of a Visor yourself? Or take a photograph of someone
using one? Use some image you own the copyright to.

If you're insistent that only the corporate logo will do, you can
always ask PalmOne corporation if it's OK to license their logo under
the GFDL, of course:

     http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Boilerplate_request_for_permission

~ESP

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