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A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by anupsurendran »

jacknews wrote: post #2

Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?

I had the same question Jacknews, I couldnt find the person who is running this at vercel to ask this question. Maybe we should just tweet?

Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by uxp8u61q »

jacknews wrote: post #2

Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?

It's a website hosted by Vercel, it's not made by Vercel. As far as I can tell it's just someone's project published without much thought given to legal issues. Try contacting them maybe https://github.com/pheralb/svgl/issues

Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by inrodos »

anupsurendran wrote: post #3
jacknews wrote: post #2

Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?

I had the same question Jacknews, I couldnt find the person who is running this at vercel to ask this question. Maybe we should just tweet?

I don't think it is made by Vercel, they are hosting it on Vercel. There is a link to the developers Twitter and GitHub at the top of the page.

Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by echoangle »

jacknews wrote: post #2

Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?

What does this have to do with vercel? This is just a page hosted there, not created or owned by them. Why would they own the logos?

Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by jacknews »

uxp8u61q wrote: post #4
jacknews wrote: post #2

Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?

It's a website hosted by Vercel, it's not made by Vercel. As far as I can tell it's just someone's project published without much thought given to legal issues. Try contacting them maybe https://github.com/pheralb/svgl/issues

"published without much thought given to legal issues."

Indeed, with all these logos in the code/repository, I wonder how long this will last.

Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by 1-6 »

My technique of finding high quality logos involved looking for PDFs with logos embedded into them and then importing it to Illustrator. Earnings statements and digital product catalogs have interesting logos too like Bluetooth and CE/UL marks. It’s not exactly like the original but close enough. It’s enough to take the DWG into AutoCAD or CAD/CAM to generate high quality vinyl decals.

I can’t tell how close to the original these logos are without comparing them in AutoCAD. Perhaps there should be a source cited for each upload to improve this site.

By the way, for regular lines, SVG can be a good substitute but all CAD software and file formats treat splines differently. You need to store a bitmap copy to make sure something doesn’t get mangled up because of conversion. SVG surely does that. Native files will usually show all the construction lines involved in producing the details. That would be the proof that you’re the proper trademark holder.

What is the precision we’re using too? There should be some sort of standard there too. E.g. SVG16 to indicate precision.

My interest is in generative AI in the field of vector graphics. There’s a lot we can do there.

Re: A Beautiful library of SVG logos

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Post by jagged-chisel »

jacknews wrote: post #2

Obviously the logo itself is copyright, trademarked etc, but what about the svg? EG, If I submit svg of my logo to this registry, does it become owned by vercel in some way?

Logo trademarked by the represented entity or its owner.

SVG content (i.e. the text underlying the image) copyright to the person creating the SVG.

I would personally take this as a) a demonstration of how to implement various things in SVG and b) a demonstration of the skills of the SVGs’ creator(s). I can’t imagine any reason I would ever need to place Meta’s logo on anything.

Caveat: I’m in the USA. Could be different elsewhere in the world.

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