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I'm pretty sure from my editing experience at Wikipedia that the photograph placed by TMlouse (does TM mean "trademark"?) defies law. As I understand it, when a photograph includes a trademark, then the referenced material must be about that trademark for it to qualify as fair use. You can not take Pepsi-cola's trademark, either as an individual trademark or as a photograph, and place it into an article about anything except trademark itself. This article is about "scientology". The article is not about "the church of scientology" nor about the trademark of the Church. I'm pretty sure that photograph in this article is an illegal use of the photograph. If you go to Wikipedia you can trace that exact, same photograph, it was used there for a time. And removed for this exact reason. [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 06:46, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
I'm pretty sure from my editing experience at Wikipedia that the photograph placed by TMlouse (does TM mean "trademark"?) defies law. As I understand it, when a photograph includes a trademark, then the referenced material must be about that trademark for it to qualify as fair use. You can not take Pepsi-cola's trademark, either as an individual trademark or as a photograph, and place it into an article about anything except trademark itself. This article is about "scientology". The article is not about "the church of scientology" nor about the trademark of the Church. I'm pretty sure that photograph in this article is an illegal use of the photograph. If you go to Wikipedia you can trace that exact, same photograph, it was used there for a time. And removed for this exact reason. [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 06:46, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
:See, this is one of the points where you use me, and reinforces some of my (admitted) preconceptions. Why fight a picture illustrating a gathering place for Scientologists? Why make legal threats. Something here does not make sense. When Christians feel under threat, we open our arms, and embrace those who would denigrate us. We don't sue them. In this case, there isn't even any attack on Scientology, just a picture of a building with the name on it. If you put up a sign on a public street and someone wants to take a picture and display it, so what?--[[User:JoyousOne|JoyousOne]] 07:50, 26 April 2007 (EDT)