http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/ Switched Comments for FBI Tells Wikipedia to Remove Its Seal, Wikipedia Says It Would Rather Not http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:42AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 7:41AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/However, the seal of a government agency is another matter altogether. The FBI seal appears with the copyright-infringement notice on just about every video (VHS or DVD) sold in the U.S.,and has for decades, and most government documents are in the public domain, as they were created using taxpayer dollars. Granted, an official seal is different from a research report, but prior practice, including the FBI’s use of the seal on its own online site, would argue that they have no case, legal or (at least IMHO) moral.
I suspect that this has more to do with distracting WikiMedia from defending its proper publication of recent material related to Afghanistan on WikiLeaks than on any supposed merit—typical bureaucratic nonsense.
I hope that WikiMedia defends this vigorously, and suggests to everyone the possible cause of this case at this time. In its recent publication, WikiLeaks played the N.Y. Times and Washington Post to Bradley Manning’s Daniel Ellsberg of the Vietnam era. Bravo, Wikipedia—don’t be intimidated.]]>Aug 5th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/"It's obvious that no reasonable human being would ever attempt to deceive the FBI with a Wikipedia print-out."

People will not use the image to try and deceive the FBI but will use it to look official and deceive other citizens. This will help identity theft or any pervert trying to look official. Why help make it easier for criminals?]]>Aug 5th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/
Also, the FBI needs to chill out and stop trippin over silly nonsense. If a criminal wants to use the logo to try to trick someone, do you really think wikipedia is the only place he could get the picture? ]]>Aug 5th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:12AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/ Wikipedia has so many facts wrong that if you look close enough you'll probably find they even copied the FBI emblem wrong !!!!
]]>Aug 5th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/Aug 5th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/fbi-tells-wikipedia-to-remove-its-seal-wikipedia-says-it-would/
Though, while evildoers COULD take the seal from Wikipedia, the FBI seal is all over Google images... so I'm not sure if it would even make a difference.
]]>Aug 5th 2010 10:26AM