Re: Kopete is (maybe) violating a copyright of a tv channel

On Monday 27 September 2010, Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 09/27/2010 11:58 AM, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Monday, September 27, 2010, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:43:02AM +0200, serenity wrote:
> >>> i just found a icon in kopete that may violate the rights of a
> >>> german TV channel called ProSieben:
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProSieben
> 
> ...
> 
> >> It's a tiny icon of two simple geometric shapes, it's fair
> >> use/fair dealing/not large enough to be copyrightable.
> > 
> > fwiw, i'd expect this to be covered by trademark, not copyright,
> > since it's a company's logo in there.
> 
> And, kde-licensing policy doesn't address trademark issues, or
> doesn't it?

No, because there's not much to address since this is already addressed 
by national law and international treaties.


Regards,
Ingo

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