Re: Publishing pictures

Chris Thompson writes:
>
> Could someone please inform of the implications of publishing pictures
> of items which may included trademarked or copyright material.
> Specifically, can I publish a picture of a billboard which includes an
> advertisement from say Coke or the Atlanta Olympic committee. Such
> billboards are clearly displayed in public. Or what are the implications
> of publishing a picture of the the city of Atlanta which includes an
> Olympic billboard or some other copyrighted display or logo. Must I
> obtain permission even though the object being photographed is publicly
> displayed?
>
> Chris Thompson Georgia Tech GTRI - EOEML
> fax: 404-894-8051 phone: 404-894-3412
> email: chris.thompson[_at_]gtri.gatech.edu
> Georgia Tech, GTRI-EOEML, MARC Rm.341, Atlanta, GA 30332

     There is no problem as to trademark law. You are entitled to use the trademark with the product for which it is the symbol. Ordinarily there is not a copyright problem on just the logo or mark. Others can answer the copyright problem.

Harvey Perlman
Law College
University of Nebraska Received on Thu Feb 24 1994 - 02:35:07 GMT