Is this illegal?

15 years ago

I am going to go out on a limb and say it's illegal. Trademark infringement would be my guess. These other sites that have done this will probably soon be caught and the owners sued. That just a guess though.

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Steve Peters Benn

15 years ago

That's illegal, it a copyrighted image. I'm sure someone with more expertise could suggest a way of doing it legally, but I don't know of one...

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pricelessinfo 15 years ago

illegal for sure
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Floyd Fisher 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steve Peters Benn

That's illegal, it a copyrighted image. I'm sure someone with more expertise could suggest a way of doing it legally, but I don't know of one...

Yeah, it's called 'get permission from Google'.

Wonder if they would give such permission? Has anyone actually asked?
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mad dog

15 years ago

Sure its so-so illegal but I wouldn't worry about it for now, unless you are a huge website they will probably never even find out or care. Its not like you are Hotmail or Apple or another major brand

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Trixxie12

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mad dog

Sure its so-so illegal but I wouldn't worry about it for now, unless you are a huge website they will probably never even find out or care. Its not like you are Hotmail or Apple or another major brand

Thats what i was thinking, all im using a little image of this picture in my header..

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R Hagel

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mad dog

Sure its so-so illegal but I wouldn't worry about it for now, unless you are a huge website they will probably never even find out or care. Its not like you are Hotmail or Apple or another major brand

Are you suggesting that even if something is illegal, it's ok to do it if the probability of getting caught is low?

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mad dog

Sure its so-so illegal but I wouldn't worry about it for now, unless you are a huge website they will probably never even find out or care. Its not like you are Hotmail or Apple or another major brand

Sure, it's so-so illegal to steal money via identity theft, but I wouldn't worry about it for now, unless you steal a lot they will probably never even find out or care.

Come on! It's not okay just because you might not get caught.

All the best,
Michael

p.s. Your comment has been duly noted.

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DonDavis

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mad dog

Sure its so-so illegal but I wouldn't worry about it for now, unless you are a huge website they will probably never even find out or care. Its not like you are Hotmail or Apple or another major brand

absolutely amazing advice there...

I would also add that just because you recreate the logo yourself doesn't change anything.

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James Liberty

15 years ago

I'm going to go with illegal. However, I think you could recreate a similar image in a paint program in about 3-4 minutes.

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jaren-watkins

15 years ago

Hi I just joined and thought I'd put my two sense in I'd say It's defenetly illegal! But yes if you got the permission from Google than you could!

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mojojuju 15 years ago

You might be able to do it if your usage conforms to Google's guidelines - Google Permissions
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Asher

15 years ago

The best option is to seek legal advice. None of us here
(I think) are properly suited to answer your question.

However, if I can throw in a word of two -- if you want
to use it, you have to state somewhere on the page that
Google is not associated with your product.

The reason I say that is because there are already a lot
of products like Google Snatch, Google Ambush, Google
This and Google That... All of them have "Google" in them
and I won't be surprised if you find the same Google image
on their sites.

However, most (if not all) have either on their sites or in
their disclaimer that Google is not related to their site.

Then again, I can't advise you on anything legal but it's up
to you =)

All the best!

Asher

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Asher

15 years ago

This is what I found at the bottom of the Google Snatch
sales letter page:

"* Google Is the trademark of Google Inc. and is in no way
associated with GoogleSnatch.com"

Asher

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Matt Gannon

15 years ago

I would just make my own image in photoshop that is similar, then you dont have to worry about it.

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Tedi

15 years ago

I would ask Google.
I"m sure they could give you written guidelines.
The thing with Google is that they are so open source about the things they promote and give away to get their business, they may very well be amenable to some sort of usage if they are able to use it as a way to make more money