Comment by new299 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by new299 | Hacker News Reader

Hahaha, awesome I think I'll use this one day. The terms of use are pretty interesting. Looking like the PNGs you can download are unrestricted in terms of use. But they may plan to add a payment feature for SVG downloads:

"Hipster Logo Generator does not own, or sell to others any graphic generated by Hipster Logo Generator users. Anything created on Hipster Logo Generator may be used in your own or commercial projects. It is your responsibility to abide by any licensing regulations related to any design elements on this site, many of which are outlined in the "Resources" section. Hipster Logo Generator is not liable for any artwork / graphic created by its users.

All use of the design elements offered on Hipster Logo Generator are AT YOUR OWN RISK. Prior to creating and using any Logo, Hipster Logo Generator encourages you to perform due diligence to determine that the use of all content within your generated logo is free of any adverse claims and is not subject to any third party rights. Hipster Logo Generator and its creator is not liable if this requirement is not met.

SVG Files Users must pay the amount set forth via credit card or other payment method in order to access this file format."

I find these terms strange. I have to pay for the high resolution and SVG but still have to check for right violations. For a payment of 5$ (compare stock photo prices), I expect the right to use it

I couldn't see a purchase option was it present? I had the feeling it was in the terms in case he decided to do it later.

The image element resource licenses are listed in the Resources section. Most of them appear to be relatively permissive licenses though some require attribution.

I get the impression it's a nice little side project, and mostly for fun. I guess he didn't what to go to the expense of purchasing licensing rights for stock images or searching out high quality resources which are in the public domain.

A different from a picture, since it may have been trademarked. At least in theory, a picture is free from copyright violation claims if it's been taken independently, but a trademark may be violated even if the logo was independently generated.

At least, that's my understanding of the relevant law (IANAL).

If you pay to use Illustrator, that doesn't automatically ensure that anything you create using Illustrator doesn't infringe on another's trademark. Stock photos are different because they are generally rights cleared (depending on the license you purchase.) This isn't a stock logo repository, this is a construction kit.

He's obviously concerned about being sued by, for example, McDonald's because you made and used a logo having golden arches in the shape of an "M" with on a red background with text "McDonald's" at the bottom. There's no way he can detect or prevent every such possibility.

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