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Hi there. I have now twice removed non-free, copyrighted logos that you have put in Toastmaster's userboxes. Wikipedia's lawyers have determined that the use of non-free logos does not fall under the "fair use" provisions of US copyright law, making their use in user boxes illegal. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, so future insertions of copyrighted logos will be treated as vandalism. You need to use either a free image or text in your user boxes to avoid running afoul of US law. [[Wikipedia:USERBOX#Caution_about_image_use]] has more information on this issue. - [[User:Ahunt|Ahunt]] ([[User talk:Ahunt|talk]]) 18:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC) |
Hi there. I have now twice removed non-free, copyrighted logos that you have put in Toastmaster's userboxes. Wikipedia's lawyers have determined that the use of non-free logos does not fall under the "fair use" provisions of US copyright law, making their use in user boxes illegal. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, so future insertions of copyrighted logos will be treated as vandalism. You need to use either a free image or text in your user boxes to avoid running afoul of US law. [[Wikipedia:USERBOX#Caution_about_image_use]] has more information on this issue. - [[User:Ahunt|Ahunt]] ([[User talk:Ahunt|talk]]) 18:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC) |
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:Dear [[User talk:Ahunt|Ahunt]], the image that was used was not uploaded by me. What I did is embed the same image used in the [[Toastmasters International]] article. As you can see, the image is properly described as property of TMI here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters_International#mediaviewer/File:Toastmasters_2011.png . Further, the TMI brand manual dictates to use the materiel provided in the brand portal to "communicate and implement the Toastmasters International brand". It also says "By communicating one consistent Toastmasters identity, the brand will be recognizable and it will accurately symbolize the benefits of this great organization we are all proud to be a part of". The "how to" is described here; http://www.toastmasters.org/brandmanual , page 29-32. As a member of the said organization I am sworn to honour the said rules. Please advise on how to proceed. |
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:- [[User:NisansaDdS|NisansaDdS]] ([[User talk:NisansaDdS#top|talk]]) 16:45, 31 August 2014 (UTC) |
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Use of non-free logos in userboxes
Hi there. I have now twice removed non-free, copyrighted logos that you have put in Toastmaster's userboxes. Wikipedia's lawyers have determined that the use of non-free logos does not fall under the "fair use" provisions of US copyright law, making their use in user boxes illegal. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, so future insertions of copyrighted logos will be treated as vandalism. You need to use either a free image or text in your user boxes to avoid running afoul of US law. Wikipedia:USERBOX#Caution_about_image_use has more information on this issue. - Ahunt (talk) 18:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
- Dear Ahunt, the image that was used was not uploaded by me. What I did is embed the same image used in the Toastmasters International article. As you can see, the image is properly described as property of TMI here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters_International#mediaviewer/File:Toastmasters_2011.png . Further, the TMI brand manual dictates to use the materiel provided in the brand portal to "communicate and implement the Toastmasters International brand". It also says "By communicating one consistent Toastmasters identity, the brand will be recognizable and it will accurately symbolize the benefits of this great organization we are all proud to be a part of". The "how to" is described here; http://www.toastmasters.org/brandmanual , page 29-32. As a member of the said organization I am sworn to honour the said rules. Please advise on how to proceed.
- - NisansaDdS (talk) 16:45, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
