sarah jeong

"No person may … use … the initials 'NSA', the seal of the National Security Agency … to convey the impression that such use is approved."

@xor We used that logo at Wired sooooooo many times. It's fair to use it. Gives no impression it's approved.

@rsingel so starting from the point that I agree, I'd also like to say: this isn't © (or even ™), so normal "fair use" may not apply.

@xor @rsingel This. I would like to see words like "copyright" "DMCA takedown" and "fair use" dropped from discussion of this issue.

@sarahjeong I disagree on Fair Use. I'd wager w/ any actual showdown of law that Fair Use would be dragged into it.

@rsingel > Green's use just plainly doesn't fall under the statute, as with that Zazzle shirt. No person out there is confused by these uses

@rsingel (IANAL)

@sarahjeong Me neither. Just guessing a brief defending the use would rely heavily on fair use, which derives from 1st Amendment.