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Old April 24th, 2008
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I appreciate and support your intentions, but I have serious doubts that your
idea really would work.

For example, we could hardly prevent the use (or misuse) of "our" logo by any
publishers, unless we would in some way become a legal entity, and would be
willing to file lawsuits against anyone using "our" logo without our permission.

Since there are (as far as I know) still no rules for European (= EU-wide) non-
profit organizations, we probably would have to establish legal entities in all
of the EU member states to be able to "protect" our logo in any meaningful
way.

And without protection the logo would not really be useful for customers, I
think.

In my opinion it would be easier to use something more personal, perhaps a
short line written by the forum administrator or thelike, instead of a logo.
To copy and use a logo is rather easy, to copy and use a personal opinion
under a certain person's name is illegal in any case and any legal system.

Last edited by rust : April 24th, 2008 at 15:30.
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