WikiIndex talk:Image use policy: Difference between revisions

So should I upload the logos of various wikis or should ask for and wait for explicit copyright permission from the owners? The upload page wants me to check a box saying I relicense the image to the Wikiindex copyright, but clearly I can't do that, as (1) i don't own the images, and (2) there is no Wikiindex copyright yet. Can we just put something like "...or is a logo (in which case we may use it under the fair use doctrine)" at the end of that checkbox? --[[User:BayleShanks|BayleShanks]] 00:50, 15 Feb 2006 (EST)

That's a good question.  Here's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos Wikipedia on Logo usage]] and its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use Fair Use]] guideline.  I think we need to read it carefully and see if we feel the same should apply here. --[[Raymond King]] | <small>[[User talk:Rathbone|talk]]</small> 03:15, 15 Feb 2006 (EST)

According to Wikipedia, there are a few "blanket categories" of copyrighted images whose use has been generally approved as likely being fair use when done in good faith.  Those include corporate logos.  I think that since our usage is in an effort to describe the wiki and make it easier for people to recognize a particular wiki, our usage would be considered "fair use".  But in any event, if someone objects, we should take it down right away.  --[[Raymond King]] | <small>[[User talk:Rathbone|talk]]</small> 00:57, 16 Feb 2006 (EST)