Did anyone notice "Copyright Awareness Week" last month? That was the week when personal websites were meant to display the "Celebrate Creativity" logo shown here, with a glowing (c) as Ra, the Sun God, rising over verdant, gradient-filled hillsides. Near as I can remember, the celebrants were few and far between. Maybe it had something to do with the licensing terms, which give you a pretty good idea of what copyright means to corporate America:
1. Subject to the terms set forth herein, CSUSA hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, revocable license to display and use the Logo on your website solely in connection (1) with providing information regarding and promoting Copyright Awareness Week, the purpose of which is to educate the public about copyright, and/or (2) linking to the CSUSA website located at http://www.law.duke.edu/copyright. Use of the logo is not permitted for lobbying or political purposes or otherwise for the promotion of any particular political agenda, other than to educate the public regarding, and create a general awareness and understanding of, copyright laws.
2. You will not (i) alter, distort, or otherwise modify the Logo, including its design, arrangement, colors, and proportions; (ii) use the Logo on any website containing obscene, defamatory, libelous, violent or otherwise offensive material; or (iii) use the Logo in any advertisement or to express or imply any endorsement by CSUSA of any product or service other than Copyright Awareness Week. CSUSA will have the right to review all of your uses of the Logo and you will provide samples thereof to CSUSA upon CSUSA's reasonable request.
3. CSUSA owns and retains all right, title and interest in and to the Logo and all intellectual property rights therein, subject only to the limited license granted hereunder. You agree that all use of the Logo, and all goodwill arising out of such use, will inure to the sole benefit of CSUSA.
4. CSUSA shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and the license granted herein at any time with or without cause, in which case you agree to promptly discontinue your use of the Logo and remove the Logo and all copies thereof from your website.
(Thanks, Meg!)
