User talk:Drinas

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:First smiley.jpg
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Basically, I'll have to ask you very good secondary sources for your claims. For what I know, this is a controversial topic that you are depicting like a consensual fact. Iluvalar (talk) 19:33, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Please don't delete the infobox from an article just becuse you disagree with sourced facts. If you don't like the content, then you need to find sources to show that the facts are incorrect or different --Enric Naval (talk) 12:55, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I am the one who created the infobox, dispaying the correct information on it. However someone changed it to display wrong information and put an image that infragment the copyright of the Smiley face (yes it is trademarked and copyrighted). In fact not only the face but also the name are protected. I deleted the infobox temporarly, the time to find a way to upload the copyrighted which is the only one acceptable when you speak about the name "Smiley". if you can help me to upload this image to somewhere else than wikimedia as it does not allow copyrighted image that would be helpful. --Drinas (talk) 15:48, 22 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I checked the Smiley Company's website, it says "Copyright - 1000's of icons are protected by copyright for all products and service worldwide". That doesn't sound to me like having the copyright for the generic smiley face. You should provide an independent third-party source for that claim (usually a newspaper article will do, sometimes people manage to find books on copyright that cover the topic).


 * Anyways, I'll try to dig up some sources, since the article is a bit incomplete (for example, it lacks the exact year for Harvey Ball. And, according to the BBC, a guy called David Stern also claims being the creator) --Enric Naval (talk) 17:18, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes SmileyWorld (franklin and Nicolas Loufrani's company) owns the right of the Smiley face and the name that is registered in 100 countries over 25 classes of goods. it is written on the link you just gave... The copyright concern SmileyWorld icons and the Smiley original is copyrighted and trademarked. Harvey balls claims to have designed it but there is exemples that shows it is not true, you will find previous use of happy faces e.g with the WMCA good guy (sse the article). The true first exemple of a happy face is even a 2500 BC year old stone: http://smileycompany.com/company/?page=cms&cms_id=8 For other reference showing that SmileyWorld owns the rights over the Smiley face you can see this links http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/technology/25iht-smiley.html with the quote: ""A prehistoric man probably invented the smiley face in some cave, but I certainly was the first to register it as a trademark," said Franklin Loufrani, 63, who says he initially registered the design with the French trademark authorities in October 1971. " --Drinas (talk) 17:54, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The smiley face logo cannot be copyrighted, there is too little originality to it. It is a public domain image. See and . Trademark and copyright are not the same.  Fences  &amp;  Windows  19:42, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Please see Talk:Smiley. Don't revert again without providing solid sources.


 * I note that the NYT article is about trademark lawsuits, not about copyright? (among other things, I noticed that the word "trademark" appears 23 times, and the word "copyright" appears zero times...). --Enric Naval (talk) 21:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Drinas/Nicolas Loufrani


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Hi there. I've moved this to your userspace, which I'm guessing is where you meant to put it. It's at User:Drinas/Nicolas Loufrani. When you're creating in your userspace, remember to put 'User:' before your username, otherwise it ends up in the mainspace. Don't worry though, it's easily done! Ged UK  21:12, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for moving it, However I was waiting for feedback. Do you think I can publish the article now? Thanks--Drinas (talk) 14:19, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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