Clearly Bill is wrong.  But the question is highly nontrivial.
Consider a photograph -- must I seek permission of all those
who have proprietary material captured in the image?  Is
a raytracing different than a photograph?

It isn't at all obvious to me there is a problem with using
commercial logos in tracings.  I would say if a photograph
of the same scene is okay, the tracing should be okay.  Would a photograph
of a coke can be permissible?

Dan

Ron Parker wrote:
> Bill Fleming wrote me back:
> 
> +----------------
> | No. You only need permission if you plan to sell the work and then it's
> | onle necessary if the object isthe main focus of the work. If the
> | battery is a background element like the image in the article it's no
> | problem. The robot is the main focus. He has a familiar Swiss Army knife
> | for a hand but that again isn't a problem since it's only a part of him.
> +----------------
> 
> I'm not sure whether I believe this or not, especially since it's
> one of the top ten myths, but I would have thought he'd done his
> research; after all, he's used the image in question for profit at
> least three times, by my count.

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