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

[Liz Henry]

J.C.:

Fucking brilliant.

Love,

- liz



On 1/27/13 12:27 AM, J.C. wrote:
> 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 the interests of pursuing a bizarro version of an outdated system of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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>> --
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