[Noisebridge-discuss] so i am writing this letter to dreamworks

[J.C.]

Here's a really rough comp of an idea, I think it would look more
interesting superimposing a picture of the nb logo mosaic on the kitchen
counter for the moon, just don't have a good shot of that handy.

https://www.noisebridge.net/images/7/7b/Nb-dream-pee.jpg


;+)


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <
anthonyletigre at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can do it by later tonight (say 4am?) if no one else does first.
>
> I was present at the last meeting & heard your planned response to them
> BTW. Bravo, brill!
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
>
>> ... who asked us for permission to use the Noisebridge logo in their
>> Wikileaks movie. The consensus is that we should write to them to
>> explain that in a sane world, they wouldn't need to ask permission to
>> use a logo when conducting free speech discussions of such matters --
>> that nominative fair use should work to cover any such usage, as long
>> as they don't suggest that Noisebridge is paying for the movie, or
>> endorses it. But sadly, some industries (hem hem) pursue a crazy
>> maximalist intellectual property model that believes that you can't
>> even use simple words and symbols without some elaborate licensing
>> regime, and that simple conversations can be wiped out and censored in
>> the interests of pursuing a bizarro version of an outdated system of
>> copyright control.  So, we're not going to give them permission,
>> because we believe that they don't need it, and the only reason we
>> would sue them is that if we were ethically bankrupt greedy fools. So
>> really whether they use the symbol is down to their own vision of what
>> they themselves think their fellow humans are like. If they think that
>> the world is simply full of people who pursue goals for money and
>> selfish motives, they should probably not use the Noisebridge logo. If
>> they think hackers might be actually an ethical bunch of people who
>> would not compromise their ideals simply to make a buck, they should
>> go ahead and use it.
>>
>> Anyway, I will edit that down at some point, but in the meantime --
>> would somebody like to photoshop incorporate the noisebridge logo as
>> the moon in the Dreamworks logo? It would allow me to explain how
>> logos might be used, using fair use, as part of an ongoing
>> conversation. (Incorporating the peeing unicorn is an optional extra).
>>
>> d.
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