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Depends on what the image is and where/how it's going to be used. One of the Sin City guys got permission to have the Kansas Jayhawk logo put on his Wet Okele seat covers, didn't cost him anything in licensing. When I was at UNL, we got permission to use the UNL & Colorado logos on fraternity fund-raising t-shirts at no cost.

What are you trying to use? Your post is kinda vague.

 

The only way anyone would object to you using someone's logo is if you were trying to profit from it.

 

There could be other reasons. As in what context the logo is used. If used in a hurtful, or derogatory or malicious fashion. Someone from their legal department will make an effort to contact you.

But typically the first filter is if you are trying to make money off of their logo.

 

Way off topic for this thread, but would using a logo in derogatory manner not fall under the 1st amendment?

 

I've been using the 'Blue Meanie' image for years now and haven't heard from any lawyers. But of course I always do things in taste and never upset anyone.

(Not sure who owns the rights to this character. Michael Jackson's estate? Yoko Ono? Probably United Artists.) :confused5:

 

Probably, but I'm not an attorney. I think if you tried to sell such a thing, then you'd be in trouble.

On-topic - if you're making something for your own use, it's unlikely the artist will ever know (witness the Blue Meanie mentioned above). If you are going to sell something with someone else's creation on it, then you're profiting from their work which I imagine is a copyright violation. I'm not sure if "I tried to ask, but I couldn't reach them" is a valid argument, but it could be.

All the arm-chair attorneys like me could come up with better pseudo-legal arguments if we had a better idea of what you're up to. Are you pulling something off a web site? Scanning something?

 

Good luck nabeshin:wink5:
For those of us that can't attend the Dragon, pictures would be nice.

 

This might be a silly question - but have you checked Google? The artist might be represented by an agent or gallery.

 

Wow...I am really intrigued now...
this new and improved MINI - Thing - sounds TGTBT...

wish I was gonna be able to make it to the Dragon to see it

 

Not sure you should really be doing this as I am sure there would be some major repercussions from the Asian Cars Consortium.



But then again it hasn't been done on a MINI..........yet

 

Yeah! Give us a teaser...

 

Teaser please....

and if it's a Nabeshin original drawing, so much the better.

 

Hmm, a graphic that's new for MINIs but has been used elsewhere, the ideas that pop into my head are scary:

 

So nabeshin, I didn't notice any MINI pic's from the dragon with fender art work. Did you have your unveiling and are you going to post pictures?opcorn:

 

Was this it.