Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 10/10/2006 at 6:37 PM Jim Leonard wrote:
Yes, but he's not using the marks for any
sort of financial gain or
libel, so again, he should be fine.
In fact, trademark fair-use guidelines are much more liberal and
straightforward than those of copyrighted material. "Fair use' in
copyright is a mare's nest situated in a minefield.
Surely it's all academic given that we don't know where the original poster
lives (they didn't say) - won't the copyright law vary wildly from country to
country? I suspect that the law which applies is the law in the site owner's
home country, which we don't know.
*generally* I'd say that putting up a bunch of logos for non-profit use should
be fine - it's not like it's doing the company any harm, or releasing
information into the wild which isn't already readily visible elsewhere. About
the worst I'd expect is a polite letter once in a blue moon along the lines
of: "our logo has changed; please take the old one down and replace it with
the new one".
As I said though, I'm sure each country's laws differ, and given the global
nature of the 'net the ones which apply are probably those for the site
owner's home country (or possibly the country in which their site's ISP is
based, if different)
cheers
Jules
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