10 Oct
2006
10 Oct
'06
3:17 p.m.
On 10/10/2006 at 3:15 PM Jim Leonard wrote:
Your website is historical/educational, which means it
falls under the
Fair Use clause of the copyright act. You should be fine.
...except that trademarks (which are what logos are) are treated
separately from Copyright law--and probably a good thing too. Trademarks
are governed by the Lanham Act.
Here's a pretty good guide that should keep you out of the clutches of the
weasels:
http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html
Here's another that includes a fairly recent Supreme Court decision:
http://www.cll.com/articles/article.cfm?articleid=32
Cheers,
Chuck