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9 Jan 2025 20:49:29 EST (-0500)
  Re: Use of commercial logos, etc.?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 27 Jan 1999 17:06:08
Message: <36af8dd0.0@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:57:58 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>I say "Let your conscience your guide".

You forgot "(TM) Walt Disney Studios" after that little quote from
Pinocchio :)

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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