The gentleman that spoke to you is not telling you the entire story.  If
your site is strictly non-profit and you are not using the icons in a
manner which detracts from the body which is represented by them, you can
use them  (and some would argue that even if your site is a commercial
site but you are not suggesting that the icon is endorsing your site,
you can still use it).  It falls under the fair-use laws.  Right now, it is
common courtesy to ask for permission to use them, but legally you don't have
to.  If the University was selling clip-art which had their logos on it,
they could then legally ask you to not use them since your use could allow
others to grab them, thus reducing their profits.
 
As someone else mentioned, check out the articles from C-NET for more
information about the legal issues on the WWW.
 
FWIW, UND allows any non-profit page to use their logos without asking.
 
charles
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cob-web.com
 
On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Joel Mack wrote:
 
> Question out there from anyone running an unofficial web site that uses
> the team/school logo:  Did you have to pay the school to use it?
>
> My situation:  I got a very nice call from UNO's SID this morning,
> complimenting me on my Maverick Hockey web pages.  Their only problem, he
> said, was that I couldn't use the Mavericks logo on the site as it was a
> registered trademark, and politely requested that I remove it.  I did so,
> after first asking what it would cost for me to license the use of the
> logo for my site (they're still getting back to me on that one).  While I
> didn't voice it immediately (not wanting to get in a fight with the guy
> that will most probably be helping supply me with info for the site), my
> thought was this:  As a state-run school, funded in part by my tax
> dollars, don't I already own a piece of the logo?  I could understand them
> being worried if I was making money off this site, but I'm not (in fact,
> when you consider domain registration costs, hosting costs, ISP costs,
> etc. I'm losing a bundle on the site) and I don't want to.  I just want to
> have a place to share my enthusiasm for UNO hockey with others.
>
> Thanks for letting me vent, I guess I'm more disappointed than anything
> else.
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
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