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1. I made a couple of icons for a comm. Comm icons aren't really useful. You can't attach them to individual posts (unless you have that icon as a personal userpic). But neither one is really my best work. Now, I can post them here or to ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
iconic. Get more use out of them. Or I could leave them as unique to the comm. Which kind of makes them special. I dunno. And now I've got a variant of one of them, and I'm not sure what to do with that at all.
2. This old Far Side cartoon popped back to mind last night when we were discussing mood themes on IRC. I'm kinda tempted to do it. But I don't know if anyone would be interested. Also, I have no idea how to handle the copyright issues. And I don't use mood themes. So... I dunno.
3. Anyone remember the Semisonic song "Closing Time"? I woke up today thinking that I could reverse the lyrics and turn it into a DW icon. "Opening time. You don't have to leave home, but please stay here..." Or something like that. I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble. The more I think about it, the less it seems so.
4. Open Beta looms. YAY!!
Thoughts on any of the above are appreciated. None of the first 3 are really important, but... well, I guess I've just got too much time on my hands.
iconic. Get more use out of them. Or I could leave them as unique to the comm. Which kind of makes them special. I dunno. And now I've got a variant of one of them, and I'm not sure what to do with that at all. 2. This old Far Side cartoon popped back to mind last night when we were discussing mood themes on IRC. I'm kinda tempted to do it. But I don't know if anyone would be interested. Also, I have no idea how to handle the copyright issues. And I don't use mood themes. So... I dunno.
3. Anyone remember the Semisonic song "Closing Time"? I woke up today thinking that I could reverse the lyrics and turn it into a DW icon. "Opening time. You don't have to leave home, but please stay here..." Or something like that. I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble. The more I think about it, the less it seems so.
4. Open Beta looms. YAY!!
Thoughts on any of the above are appreciated. None of the first 3 are really important, but... well, I guess I've just got too much time on my hands.
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(Sorry, I get excited about nerdy stuff...)
Anyway, more on topic...I'm studying for my copyright exam right now and your question sounds like it would be a very fun practice problem! (Yes, I am a nerd...I already said that, right?)
So...what are you planning to do (or maybe, more accurately, "considering possibly doing")? And I'll tell you if it's okay or not! :) (Predictive guess: Probably fair use. Maybe.) (And with the caveat: IANAL(y) - I Am Not A Lawyer (yet) and IANYL - I Am Not Your Lawyer. Gotta get all those CYA provisions out there... {inniocent})
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What I'd like to do is use the dog's head as a mood theme image. So I'd be taking the art and using it for my own purposes. It'd be publicly available, but no one would be making money off of it. And I'd probably use the words "Far Side" in the mood theme's name (unless that did more harm than good).
Alternatively, I suppose I could try to copy the art. Make something myself that's evocative of the dog's head, which is a fairly simple design, after all. And then I'd still have the question of whether or not to include the name "Far Side" in the title.
What is your semi-professional but completely unofficial and in no way legally binding opinion?