To clarify, use of the original "right tilted", "orange" #Bitcoin #BTC logo continues unhindered 'as-is' in the public domain."
I don't get it. If the logo is in the public domain, then how can its use be restricted?
I maintain Threshold of Originality over the current Bitcoin BTC logo / design concept. I can therefore apply (and legally enforce) Trademarks in jurisdictions.
Threshold of originality-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originalityFile:Bitcoin.svg-
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitcoin.svgWhilst
"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." ...
This work includes material that may be protected as a trademark in some jurisdictions. If you want to use it, you have to ensure that you have the legal right to do so and that you do not infringe any trademark rights....
To clarify, use of the original "right tilted", "orange" #Bitcoin #BTC logo continues unhindered 'as-is' in the public domain.
Use of any "left tilted ", "green" (unofficial Bitcoin) logo is therefore in breach of my Threshold of Originality.
Use of any "centred", "yellow" (unofficial Bitcoin) logo is therefore in breach of my Threshold of Originality.
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BCH and BSV are both copies / forks of BTC.
In terms of trademark branding, BCH and BSV have modified the officially recognised BTC logo.
Effectively the BCH and BSV logos (and blockchains up to the forked blocks) are counterfeit.