[Clipart] [Open Clip Art Library] licensing violation

Jon Phillips jon at rejon.org
Wed Aug 6 23:01:11 PDT 2008


Did anyone remove this?

Jon

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 04:40 +0000, noreply at openclipart.org wrote:
> I was looking through the archive and came across this file:
> 
> http://openclipart.org/media/files/SABROG/7307
> 
> The author who uploaded this lied about its legal status.  It's not public domain; it's a registered trademark of Lionhead Studios, which is owned by Microsoft.  If you visit their web site you can see it in their footer and as the favicon:
> 
> http://www.lionhead.com/
> 
> A give-away is the fact that the artist who uploaded it named the file "Black & White", which is the name of a game that Lionhead Studios produced a few years back.
> 
> I'm not affiliated with Lionhead Studios or Microsoft, but I thought I should report it anyway.  I'd rather not see the OCAL get in legal trouble.  I recommend removing the file and hoping nobody else notices.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Will Martin
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