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Iona Institute rips off Humanist logo

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  • 14-03-2007 3:54pm
    #1
    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭


    Came across this interview on the village site with laugh a minute religious commentator David Quinn about his new uber Catholic Iona Institute so I checked out the site and low and behold they have totally ripped off the "Happy Human"
    89px-Humanism.svg.png Humanist logo

    Check it out:
    Iona Institute

    header.jpg

    Note the 3 figures to emphasis their family friendliness, clever eh?
    Actually it looks more like the Holy Trinity on a trampoline

    Irish Humanist Org
    American Humanist Org


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    Crucifix
    Registered Users Posts: 3,437 ✭✭✭Crucifix


    Thou shalt not infringe on thy neighbour's copyright


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    Esmereldina
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Esmereldina


    And they would say that atheists lack moral codes :rolleyes:

    But then, maybe Jesus told them to...

    Have you let the Humanist Societies know so that they can sue them?


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    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭MoominPapa


    Esmereldina wrote:
    Have you let the Humanist Societies know so that they can sue them?

    The image is released under the GPL so as long as Iona is not for profit I reckon they can get away with it


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    Zombrex
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    not sure the logos are similar enough to be considered copyright ... I mean can you copy right style of drawing ..?


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    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Well, as long as you can also make use of their derivative works.

    Arguing these sort of logo similarities can be extremely tricky though.


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    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭MoominPapa


    Wicknight wrote:
    not sure the logos are similar enough to be considered copyright ... I mean can you copy right style of drawing ..?

    similar enough to cause some egg on face maybe?


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I think one is supposed to represent a "H" and the other an "I".

    Maybe there's more in the Iona logo as they've got more members...


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