File talk:Yahoo Logo.svg

Copyright
Why is this logo copyrighted? Can we use PD-text-logo, similar to Image:Coca-Cola logo.svg? Thanks --Kimse (talk) 07:16, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I am not a lawyer, but I have always thought the public domain text logo argument was a bit on fragile legal ground. Both the Yahoo! and Coca-Cola logos are copyrighted.  Both companies enforce their copyrights.  I don't believe a court has, as of yet, overturned the validity of the Coca-Cola or Yahoo! logo copyrights (specifically, thereby amending or overturning the precedent)...  The apparent basis is a court ruling (in the United States) that said a logo set in a typeface without any other adornment is not covered under copyright law, but, rather, the typeface is covered under patent law.  I wonder if that opinion would say that simple changes could "make" a logo copyrightable, such as the addition of colour, variation of the position of the letters (such as how yahoo letters don't share a common baseline or how the Coca-Cola logo has some really unique kerning and positioning, and so forth.)  That's just my opinion, but again, I am not a lawyer, it may not be worth much in this case.  :)    user:j    (aka justen)   16:42, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * A lot of what you're saying makes sense, J. I would think the same rules would apply to Coca-Cola logo as it is a very unique and distinct image that represents the beverage and/or the company. However, the administrators at Commons deleted and restored this image (see the log) coming to a conclusion that since the font is Spencerian Script (100+ years old), the writing is not protected by copyright. Therefore, I think we can apply the same to this logo as well if we know the font that is used to write it, and how old it is. --Kimse (talk) 21:12, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Who is an artist which created this artwork for Yahoo!? Newone (talk) 04:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC)