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Wikipedia claims the right to use our logo under "fair use". They claim that it is "low resolution", while the resolution is the same as here on the page. They also claim that "The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image." As they use the logo in their article that is written with a conflict of interest and criticises us (or at least did in the past), it is used to misrepresent us. On it goes, [...]assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization[...] Do you think it is time to open a file deletion debate over the obvious copyright infringement of our logo?
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QUOTE(Wikitaka @ Fri 30th March 2012, 12:18pm) Wikipedia claims the right to use our logo under "fair use". They claim that it is "low resolution", while the resolution is the same as here on the page. They also claim that "The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image." As they use the logo in their article that is written with a conflict of interest and criticises us (or at least did in the past), it is used to misrepresent us. On it goes, [...]assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization[...] Do you think it is time to open a file deletion debate over the obvious copyright infringement of our logo? What exactly is the trilby supposed to represent?
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web.textfiles.com/ezines/HWA/hwa-hn53.txtQUOTE <=-[ HWA.hax0r.news ]-=> [=HWA 2000=] Number 53 Volume 2 Issue 5 1999 April-May 2000 [..] www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36170,00.html [..] The people who penetrated the Apache.org system likely were "grey hats," Coar said. The hacker spectrum runs from "black hats," who would break in, do damage, and attempt to avoid tracing, to "white hats," who would note the configuration problems and let the site managers know about them without taking advantage of them. "These people fall into the 'grey area' in between because they told us about the problems, but not until after they had utilized them to make some apparently innocuous changes," he said. secpoint.com/What-is-a-Grey-Hat.htmlsecpoint.com/What-is-a-White-Hat.htmlLol, this article is so bad: White hat (film) (T-H-L-K-D) (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif) QUOTE Shawn Croissantbloghe recently caused waves when he inexplicably made it hip again.
He achieved it at such rallies as "White Hat Cake Pop Rally 2012" where free cakepops were said to be handed out supposedly in the shape of white hats with nacho cheese dipping sauce.
His other attempts have been unfruitful as still no one knows what carroting is.
a couple main archetypes of white-hats in American cinema, such as Ross, Sahil, and Personable English Guy
This is kinda it though, yeah! QUOTE In the movie industry, a white hat was someone in a western movie in which such a character would wear a white hat in contrast to the villain's black hat. Examples of such characters are Red Ryder, Tom Mix, and The Lone Ranger.
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QUOTE(MZMcBride @ Fri 30th March 2012, 5:51pm) QUOTE(Selina @ Fri 30th March 2012, 1:48pm) Has an appeal to it (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) But I'm sure they must have had plenty of people do DMCA before and not heard of any downtime from it, hmm, bet it's been done before, anyone know any cases? https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Category:DMCAHow do you make a DMCA claim? E-mail?
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QUOTE(Wikitaka @ Fri 30th March 2012, 3:34pm) QUOTE(MZMcBride @ Fri 30th March 2012, 5:51pm) QUOTE(Selina @ Fri 30th March 2012, 1:48pm) Has an appeal to it (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) But I'm sure they must have had plenty of people do DMCA before and not heard of any downtime from it, hmm, bet it's been done before, anyone know any cases? https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Category:DMCAHow do you make a DMCA claim? E-mail? I'm really not following what is being considered here...do you want to file a DMCA to get the WR logo off Wikipedia?
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1. It's not really copyrightable as the threshold of originality hasn't been reached. 2. What's the point in deleting it, the logo only serves its purpose if it's being seen. 3. All the time it's on WP then it's sure to irritate the fuck out of someone. Score! QUOTE(Selina @ Fri 30th March 2012, 5:39pm) Other people said before they were quite fond of the logo I remember though, hmm. Suggestions could be good tho!
TBH I feel like shite at the mo' so I'll leave it a couple of days. I won't have any expectation of it being used, it's just something for my own curiosity.
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QUOTE(Web Fred @ Fri 30th March 2012, 7:58pm) 1. It's not really copyrightable as the threshold of originality hasn't been reached.
2. What's the point in deleting it, the logo only serves its purpose if it's being seen.
3. All the time it's on WP then it's sure to irritate the fuck out of someone. Score!
2. WP infringe our copyright by hosting it on their page and claiming to use it in "a critical article" (see OP). Thats an obvious misrepresentation.
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QUOTE(Somey @ Sun 1st April 2012, 2:22am) QUOTE(Heat @ Sat 31st March 2012, 11:39am) Web Fred has a point, the "logo" is really just a typeface with a generic white hat. Not only that, when I made the logo I didn't even use my own hat. Ah, but you did nick the Wikipedia globe to do the other graphic. So whomever suggests a take down notice for the WR logo, I should point out that the shoe is really on the other foot. And the other guy has more money!
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