I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
i think you should Locked this Thread mate since all the information you need has been sent by prominent accounts in this forum so there's nothing to add more,or else this will become a spam megathread.anyway good luck to your business. 
Topic: Permission to Use Bitcoin Logo (Read 445 times)
Bitcoin is open source and you are welcome to do with it as you want. Nobody represents bitcoin, nobody gets to define it and nobody gets to control the narrative. Even Satoshi is anonymous and he never registering a trademark. so the Bitcoin community believes that the term BITCOIN alone should not be the intellectual property of any individual or entity. it is a generic term like dollar or euro. furthermore, many cryptocurrency symbols are either in the public domain or are under an open license that allows free use. Each project is different, though, and some are more corporate and potentially retain rights to the logo. So it’s worth checking, but it’s hard to imagine anyone not giving permission.
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
I don't think there is someone who originally owned the logo. If the logo has indeed an owner, it should be Satoshi Nakamoto and perhaps those individuals who participated in the discussions that came out with the current logo and no one else, not especially some twitter account owner, not even the people communicating from bitcoin.org. If they responded and acted as if they owned the logo, they are acting as CSW's disciples.
Also, the logo of Bitcoin is no more complex than its ticker. BTC is just like $, ₱, £, ¥, ฿, €, etc as symbols of currencies. And as such, they are all free to use.
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
I don't think there is someone who originally owned the logo. If the logo has indeed an owner, it should be Satoshi Nakamoto and perhaps those individuals who participated in the discussions that came out with the current logo and no one else, not especially some twitter account owner, not even the people communicating from bitcoin.org. If they responded and acted as if they owned the logo, they are acting as CSW's disciples.
Also, the logo of Bitcoin is no more complex than its ticker. BTC is just like $, ₱, £, ¥, ฿, €, etc as symbols of currencies. And as such, they are all free to use.
Even if the Bitcoin logo was indeed copyrighted, would you need permission if its only for personal use? I think if you are only going to wear this t-shirt and not sell it for a profit then I don't think you need the permission from the author.
Like the above poster has mentioned. The @Bitcoin twitter is not actually promoting Bitcoin but Bitcoin Cash instead. It was bought out by Roger Ver. The logos there might be the BCH logos which might be copyrighted instead of the BTC which shouldn't.
I've seen people wear these T-shirts everywhere pretty much and I am pretty sure they aren't infringing copyright, its actually good because it promotes cryptocurrencies and a good conversation starter.
EDIT: Did some research after this thread and it turns out that its illegal to print anything that is copyrighted even if its for personal use. Never knew this. However I am pretty sure the BTC logo is not copyrighted.
Like the above poster has mentioned. The @Bitcoin twitter is not actually promoting Bitcoin but Bitcoin Cash instead. It was bought out by Roger Ver. The logos there might be the BCH logos which might be copyrighted instead of the BTC which shouldn't.
I've seen people wear these T-shirts everywhere pretty much and I am pretty sure they aren't infringing copyright, its actually good because it promotes cryptocurrencies and a good conversation starter.
EDIT: Did some research after this thread and it turns out that its illegal to print anything that is copyrighted even if its for personal use. Never knew this. However I am pretty sure the BTC logo is not copyrighted.
According to US law, anything you make is immediately copyrighted. In the past, it was necessary to use the © (Copyright) symbol, but its not the case anymore. This is the very reason Lawrence Lessig came with a legal way to "Opt out" of this and that is Creative Commons.
I'm not sure who and where the bitcoin logo was made. The Symbol made it to unicode in 2017, so its just like another letter: ₿ (BTC).
This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
as far as I know, many products have used the bitcoin logo without permission from bitcoin.org. I didn't know that the bitcoin logo was copyrighted for something commercial. Some of my friends who produce shirts, cups and hangers have used the bitcoin logo without asking permission. But I applaud you because you value art work by asking permission.
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I agree with you. Salute to such people who still honor and adhere copyright laws.
I checked there site, unfortunately they don't have any contact us option the only way to contact them is via there Facebook and twitter account.
well you don't need permission as far as I know the bitcoin symbol also existed before and is used by the Thai currency baht where there is only one line whereas bitcoin has two lines ,so the bitcoin logo has also been stated above that its public and can printed anywhere is good while introducing it to the outside world too
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
Permission? I don't remember anyone ever asking for permission to make use of the Bitcoin. I have seen a lot of people that are printing shirts, cup, and a lot more things with the bitcoin logo on it and they never asked permission to make use of it. It's still good that you asked for permission, just saying because I have never seen anyone done that.You can still make some changes to the logo and then use it on your product or whatever it is that you want to print it on.
Bitcoin is freedom its free to use for all and its logo is included of course, no one owns it.
Yep, you're right because I have not seen anyone talking about asking for permission to use the Bitcoin logo. Unless it's a logo that belongs to a particular company, for example, an exchange, if it's just bitcoin, then I believe that anyone is free to use the logo.
How many are using the USD logo for different kind of garments, clothing and other items like wallets and even bling bling?
Have you ever ask that yourself?
Another question. Who owns bitcoin? I dont think there is a copyright for it.
No one own the bitcoin technology. It is made for the mass for privacy and freedom. That is why some government doesn't like it.
Better to just use it. Spread the word. Make people look at your creation and have them question what it is.
It will be a better world if that will be a success.
Have you ever ask that yourself?
Another question. Who owns bitcoin? I dont think there is a copyright for it.
No one own the bitcoin technology. It is made for the mass for privacy and freedom. That is why some government doesn't like it.
Better to just use it. Spread the word. Make people look at your creation and have them question what it is.
It will be a better world if that will be a success.
OP, you're not required to ask permission to use the logo, or the name.
this is not always necessarily true.
you can use the "name" bitcoin in your product without any issues but when it comes to a "logo" things are different. logos are designed by designers and it is their intellectual property so they own the copyright for it. you can only use it IF they allow you. since the orange bitcoin logo was placed in public domain and for free use, he can do it. otherwise there may be another bitcoin logo design by someone else that is not "free to use".
OK.
OP, you should tilt the "BTC" a little to the left, maybe to the right, or do it upside-down, and change the background color.
It's already been answered that you are free to use bitcoin logo without any worry of being sued for its patent and copyright. If you'll go search for bitcoin t-shirts on different e-commerce sites.
You will see a bunch of them selling and do you think that they've asked permission for it?
OP should have known that from the start. But for me, it's a good thing that he is still waiting for permission to know if it is okay to use the logo, I think he is only thinking about the consequences if he uses it without permission. You will see a bunch of them selling and do you think that they've asked permission for it?
Well, OP should have realized that. He can use it without permission to print on his T-shirt.
Yeah, but the steps taken by @OP are very good and we can imitate him, that we shouldn't take the logo carelessly without permission. Although the bitcoin logo is a free commercial logo, maybe @OP intends to put the name of the site bitcoin.org and its logo there so he tries to ask permission.
as far as I know, many products have used the bitcoin logo without permission from bitcoin.org. I didn't know that the bitcoin logo was copyrighted for something commercial. Some of my friends who produce shirts, cups and hangers have used the bitcoin logo without asking permission. But I applaud you because you value art work by asking permission.
salute
yes I also know that many clothes are made without asking permission from the source, I think if the OP asks for permission they do professional activities and need to be appreciated. I personally rarely find people who care about copyright and you really do the professional way salute
I couldn't find it in English, but in spanish the wiki say you don't need permission to use the bitcoin logo:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Bitcoin_logo.svg
There it says the image isn't eligible to have copy right. So, feel free to use the image.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Bitcoin_logo.svg
There it says the image isn't eligible to have copy right. So, feel free to use the image.
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
I think you may do it, since it can be like an advertisement for bitcoin to the social media, but I think wait for them to reply on you, or do some innovation to the design so that you would not plagiarized the whole design, many people are using it now, you are too honest to get their approval first for you own advantage, kudos to you bro! I hope they will let you to use that logo. 
I'm not sure if you can freely use Bitcoin logo. Though it would be very strange for me if the logo hasn't copyright protection, in the first place because of possibile missuse. I know many even don't pay attention to that issues, just use the logo if they want to but somehow that doesn't seem right to me.
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
There's a thread here that it is in Creative Commons
The Bitcoin logo is part of the public domain and can be freely used and altered for commercial and non-commercial purposes:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitcoin_logo.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitcoin_logo.svg
There is no need to ask permission to print Bitcoin Logo, but if you are going to use a modified version that was copyrighted then you have to ask permission from the creator of that design, so many companies and individuals have used and are now using the official logo
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
I don’t think you need permission to create a merchant with a Bitcoin print.
Thank you guys for all the information. The reason the logo is copy written, is due to me grabbing a logo off of google images. The Image apparently falls back to Bitcoin.org/en. It's not that they believe the bitcoin logo is patented or anything. It's the particular design of the logo.
I’ve tweeted @bitcoin for permission to use their bitcoin logo on a t-shirt. Waiting on a reply. If perhaps it was missed or something. Is there any other way to request permission from bitcoin.org?
To be perfectly honest, it did not even cross my mind that one would have to get permission for using the BTC logo. I never did use it, but if I did, I don't expect I would have thought of that. Good job, though.
otherwise there may be another bitcoin logo design by someone else that is not "free to use".
But if the person who designs the logo didn't recognize it as their original, then you can still use it. There are people who want their art to be used even without asking for permission. For example, there is a bitcoin logo like this:
wherein you can freely use in your designs, but other bitcoin logos such as those personally edited should be properly cited and you need permission to use it. My advice is for you to try to use photo editing software to somehow create your own logo on your own design.
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