[Clipart] Copyrighted picture?

[Nicu Buculei]

Dan Gerhards wrote:
>>The problem is, submitters don't always tell us the truth about that,
>>and we don't always know.  Perhaps the submitters don't always know,
>>or they think they know and are misinformed.  Anyway, we get images
>>that are marked as public domain but in fact are not.
> 
> 
> All this talk is worrying me; I submitted a picture that may be a problem. I 
> doubt it is, but I don't want to be accused of not telling the truth! It's 
> the little green ball with arms that appears on the covers of Douglas Adam's 
> Hitchhiker's Guide books. I did draw this version of the picture, but it may 
> be owned by someone else. I saw it on posters, book covers, the video games, 
> and so on, in many different forms and styles, so it seemed safe. Maybe it's 
> not. So now you know, and you can decide. The picture is called dont_panic.

don't tell the truth != lie
I would give you an example: we received a Python (the programming 
language) logo.
A reviewer see la snake and the title "python", if he is not familiar 
with the programming language doesn't know there is a problem.
The submitter know Python is Open Source, does not understand Open 
Source does not necessarily mean Public Domain, so faithfully submit it.

Of course, if the image is the Coca-Cola logo, anybody should know is 
not free to use.

-- 
nicu