Re: using [others'] web page icons as hot links

On 02/06/97, Carrie Russell <crussell[_at_]bird.library.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> A faculty member here at the University has created a web page
> where she has posted her course syallbus and other information for her
> students. On it, she has created links to sites of interest, like the
> Arizona Legislative Information Service.
>
> For that particular site, she has used their own logo or icon as
> the link. So, you click on the icon and get linked to their home page.
>
> A colleague has questioned whether this is a violation of copyright,
> using the Service's icon on an individual's web page. Seems fine to me.
> What do others think?

It might not only be a copyright problem, it might also be a trademark problem.

In many cases the site of interest might have given permission if asked, and if permission is given that probably means there is no problem.

What's going on here is not only an HREF link but also an IMG link. The IMG link is what troubles me (and you, apparently). See "May I use images from the Web sites of others?" at

   <http://www.patents.com/weblaw.sht#ui>

Carl Oppedahl
<carl[_at_]oppedahl.com> Received on Fri Feb 07 1997 - 13:16:57 GMT