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Questionable whether this is COM:TOO when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minecraft_Logo-en.svg considers a simpler version of this same 3D logo, without the fractures and shading effect, to be copyrighted. Belbury (talk) 12:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I don't know whether either of them are above COM:TOO US or not. Have there been rulings by U.S. courts on shadows in logos? If shadows are OK, both logos are OK; if not, neither is OK. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:55, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's more than just "shadows" - I'd point in particular to the use of the "creeper face" in the middle of the "A", which takes the logo outside the realm of shaded text. Omphalographer (talk) 23:10, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I think that would just be considered a type of lettering, but I could be wrong. Can you point to some similar examples that U.S. courts or the U.S. Copyright Office found to be copyrighted? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:59, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- The "creeper face" is a specific creative element from Minecraft; it's not a standard typographical form of the letter. I'm not aware of any specific case law but I don't think this is a clear PD-text situation. Omphalographer (talk) 03:02, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- I think that would just be considered a type of lettering, but I could be wrong. Can you point to some similar examples that U.S. courts or the U.S. Copyright Office found to be copyrighted? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:59, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's more than just "shadows" - I'd point in particular to the use of the "creeper face" in the middle of the "A", which takes the logo outside the realm of shaded text. Omphalographer (talk) 23:10, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
Weak keep, imo this is just text, not above COM:TOO. I'm not sure if US or Swedish coypright rules should be applied here, based on the fact that the logo was created by a Swedish company, presumably in Sweden. Dmartin969 (talk) 02:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hold it, I didn't realize this was a Swedish product. Since COM:TOO Sweden states that "From the court cases below it can be concluded that the threshold of originality in Sweden is significantly higher then the ditto in the United Kingdom even though it might be considered low compared to the one in the United States," that introduces a greater degree of doubt that this is PD, though I'm still unsure, considering the second example on that page. But the case of this copyright that was sustained suggests to me that this one is a no-go, so
Delete. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:01, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hold it, I didn't realize this was a Swedish product. Since COM:TOO Sweden states that "From the court cases below it can be concluded that the threshold of originality in Sweden is significantly higher then the ditto in the United Kingdom even though it might be considered low compared to the one in the United States," that introduces a greater degree of doubt that this is PD, though I'm still unsure, considering the second example on that page. But the case of this copyright that was sustained suggests to me that this one is a no-go, so
Delete peer Omphalographer (The "creeper face" it’s a complex) my opinion. (google translator)
- AbchyZa22 (talk) 14:31, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
Deleted: per nomination - We've deleted this logo a bunch of times, IIRC. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 12:21, 4 December 2024 (UTC)