User talk:Drinkingthesea

Hi there again... just a quick, but important point. Someone pointed out on your former user talk page that you've released your official logo to wikimedia commons. What they said there:

Good morning I notice you replaced the copy of the ASC logo which I uploaded some time ago under "fair use". The copy you uploaded is open to any use. Are you sure you want to release all the rights to that logo to the world? Once it is on wikipedia under those conditions you loose all control of what is done with the logo. I assume from your name that you are related to the ASC. I strongly recommend that you discuss the rights issue with your legal people. If you check other theatre sites you will find that "fair use" is the normal way to deal with logos. ed Ecragg (talk) 6:28 am, Today (UTC−8)

This is a really really important point. Did you intend to release all rights to your official logo? Because now someone can download your logo and put it on a t-shirt to sell and there's nothing you can do about it.... I'm not sure that's what you meant to do and there are options for correcting this if so. Sailsbystars (talk) 16:21, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm obviously very new to this and still trying to figure it out. I definitely don't want to make the logo available for people to print on whatever they want. How do I go about deleting it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ASCStaunton (talk • contribs) 16:33, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I've gotta go catch a bus, but I'm going to try to get this sorted out ASAP. Sailsbystars (talk) 16:45, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help and patience with me on this. I think I mucked it up more by requesting a deletion on wikimedia commons. Is there a way for me upload a picture to wikipedia without it going in wikimedia commons?
 * I think you basically did the right thing over at commons. I also put a speedy deletion tag on the article which may be faster since the normal deletion process runs for a few days.  There is a way to upload an image to wiki but not commons for fair use, but I seem to recall they've made it more hidden recently... I think there's also already a fair use image floating around somewhere... Sailsbystars (talk) 17:46, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * FYI I know the original image used (which I've now restored) is lower resolution, but that's necessary for what we believe is necessary to fulfill fair-use requirements for logos. Sailsbystars (talk) 17:50, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Is there a way to use the true logo (the one I mistakenly uploaded) as the header photo for this wikipedia page? Drinkingthesea
 * Generally the deal with logos is to use a low resolution image of the official logo under fair use, but not the full resolution (like what you uploaded yesterday). I could do this to your current logo or keep the existing one.  I don't think there will be a huge difference between making a low resolution version of the image you uploaded and using the image I switched in, though.  Sailsbystars (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2013 (UTC)