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File:SYRIZA logo 2009.svg

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by PanchoS (talk · contribs)

There is no section COM:TOO#Greece, but there are some examples from the United States where logos less complex than these have been found to be protected by copyright, see for example the logo at the bottom of page 1 of [1]. Per Hasbro Bradley, Inc. v. Sparkle Toys, Inc. and COM:L#Interaction of United States copyright law and non-US copyright law, a Greek logo needs to be below both COM:TOO#Greece (of which we have no information) and COM:TOO#United States (which is not satisfied here).

Stefan4 (talk) 18:40, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding COM:TOO#Greece, I did some research and found that the Greek copyright acts are deeply inspired by French legislation. Recognizing "moral rights" apart from "economic rights", the threshold of originality is given as whether the work is an emanation of the author’s personality. The jurisprudence however seems to follow the principle of “statistical uniqueness”, e.g. whether a third person under the same conditions and circumstances can produce the same work. with variable levels of originality depending on the character of the work as more creative or more functional or utilitarian. (see Dr. Prodromos K. Tsiavos: Greek Law Digest)
Regarding COM:TOO#United States, I don't see how the CCC case is of much relevancy here, because it about uniqueness of registered trademarks rather than on originality of designs. The court suggests that at least the simple variation of the CCC logo doesn't meet the originality threshold and states that a combination of unprotectible elements is eligible for copyright protectiononly if those elements are numerous enough and their selection and arrangement original enough that their combination constitutes an original work of authorship.(see Hasbro Bradley, Inc. v. Sparkle Toys, Inc.)
Now, SYRIZA's logo consists of text, three unicolored flags and a star. If any of these elements might meet the originality criterion, then it might be shape and colors of the flags. However the colors were determined given by the three tendencies that joined SYRIZA: socialist (red), ecologist (green) and feminist/LGBT (purple) tendencies (see Greece: Syriza shines a light). So IMHO basically the originality of the three flags' shape and arrangement remains to be discussed. --PanchoS (talk) 02:07, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The CCC PDF file lists two different logos, and one of those was granted copyright protection by the copyright office. On the other hand, the less complex of the two was deemed to be too simple. The problem is that these logos seem to be comparable to the more complex one. --Stefan4 (talk) 08:48, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Still not sure about that. However, I just found out that http://www.syriza.gr releases all its content under the CC-BY 3.0 license! Ευχαριστώ! :)
I'll add that to the file descriptions. Would be awesome if you or someone else could confirm that and add the appropriate tag to the file description pages. --PanchoS (talk) 01:23, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: The party site is indeed CC-BY, so these are OK .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 23:33, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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