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Couldn't hurt to ask for permissions, first.

• dangrossman 16y ago
  When your customer is a Microsoft or a Google, asking the employee that signed up for permission is just going to lead to "I'd have to contact legal", won't it? How are startups getting through this?
  • byoung2 16y ago
    How are startups getting through this? By not asking. I work for ClearChannel, and I can only imagine the process I'd have to go through to get something like that cleared. It would have to go through legal (to draw up a disclaimer that we do not endorse the product), communications (to secure an approved version of the logo and approve its placement), and probably IT (maybe if the public knows we use a certain technology, it could be a potential attack vector).
  • kls 16y ago
    Whether ethical or not a lot of companies write it into their EULA or contract. It at least gives them some grounds to respond to a take down with hey it's in out contract. 10 to 1 no one is going to complain if the product is not of a questionable nature, they are just going to assume that someone somewhere in the org approved the use of the logo. Said product company usually relies on this and then takes down the logo should someone complain. With it written into a contract or EULA and with a policy of taking the logo down if a takedown notice is issues most companies have enough wiggle room to not end up in court over the practice.
• byoung2 16y ago
  Sometimes it's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. If you ask now, they may say no. If you use it without asking, they probably won't do anything for a while (if they even notice). By the time it hits their radar, hopefully your service is popular enough that they don't mind
• pkamb 16y ago
  Yes it could. It's much easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.