[Clipart] A few more images that might have public-domain issues

[Greg Bulmash]

Not so sure about the last one. While an exact replica of the Windows
logo might be protected by copyright, The bug one and the swastika one
someone brought up a bit ago might be protected parodies, at least in
the U.S.

Luckily, the right to make fun of someone or something in the U.S.
gives speakers a certain amount of leeway to step on copyright's toes.
Check out http://www.getoutofhellfree.com/ - My friend who runs that
has had some back and forth with the Monopoly people and they have
never taken action because he asserts protection under freedoms to
parody. He just celebrated the 10th anniversary of the card.

Whether they're protected parodies or copyright violations is a
question only a lawyer could answer definitively. And even with a
legal opinion, there might be a company willing to test the legal
waters and sue anyway.

- Greg

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_gfx at nicubunu.ro> wrote:
> On 05/19/2010 12:57 AM, Nathan Eady wrote:
>>
>> I was pretty sure Tux was not public domain last I checked:
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/60145
>
> http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/ quoting the author: "Feel free to do
> whatever you see fit with the images, you are encouraged to integrate them
> into other designs that fit your need" - that sounds to me pretty much like
> PD, please untag.
>
>> I also have vague doubts about these:
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/60151
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/60157
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/58963
>
> The GNU logo is copyrighted by FSF:
> http://www.gnu.org/graphics/heckert_gnu.html
>
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