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Posted: 9/8/2010 11:36:11 AM EDT

I'm looking for the bolt face logo of ARFcom. I need it to be not too big, but a decent size. Anyone have one they'd be willing to share?

Posted: 9/8/2010 11:37:24 AM EDT

[#1]

Contact Goatboy or the Avilas.

Posted: 9/8/2010 11:40:35 AM EDT

[#2]

I got mine of Google

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Posted: 9/8/2010 12:03:11 PM EDT

[#3]

So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:07:28 PM EDT

[#4]

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:08:34 PM EDT

[#5]

sounds like that 256 number pertains to the color limit

jpg images store thousands of colors

you need to convert it to the right format - probably GIF, which limits the colors to 256

what game, what file types are supported?

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:08:59 PM EDT

[#6]

I really don't think they'd care since he's not making money off of it.

Free advertising for them, if anything.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:09:41 PM EDT

[#7]

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sounds like that 256 number pertains to the color limit

jpg images store thousands of colors

you need to convert it to the right format - probably GIF, which limits the colors to 256

what game, what file types are supported?

It says JPEG is supported and it's Day of Defeat: Source

This is the image I'm trying to do. I had it alot smaller but returned it to normal so I could save it for my background.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:12:22 PM EDT

[#8]

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:16:00 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

ruh roh

(points to the little R with the circle around it)

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:18:31 PM EDT

[#10]

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

ruh roh

(points to the little R with the circle around it)

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:20:36 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

It's not (and we have had this discussion before)

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:21:01 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

My guess is the Avilas are trying to protect their interpretation of something that is in the public domain.

Emphasis on "their interpretation" since it's a very tough-to-interpret gray area.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:21:24 PM EDT

[#13]

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

ruh roh

(points to the little R with the circle around it)

Great... another thread arguing whether the BFL is copyright protected or not... this will go at least five pages...

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:22:02 PM EDT

[#14]

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So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

It's a vector copy with some alterations. They have their version copyrighted.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:23:11 PM EDT

[#15]

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sounds like that 256 number pertains to the color limit

jpg images store thousands of colors

you need to convert it to the right format - probably GIF, which limits the colors to 256

what game, what file types are supported?

It says JPEG is supported and it's Day of Defeat: Source

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/Avandir/BFLogo8.jpg This is the image I'm trying to do. I had it alot smaller but returned it to normal so I could save it for my background.

It would take me some time, but I could do you up a BFL where all that appears is the BFL and the rest of it is transparent. Shoot me a PM and I can start working on it if you'd like.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:25:31 PM EDT

[#16]

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Quoted:
So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

It's a vector copy with some alterations. They have their version copyrighted.

ok so then the copyright office decided their minute alterations made it copyrightable.. OP there are a number of m16 bolt face pictures/outlines/graphics out there. try google images.

bam, solved, no 5 pages of whether it's copyrighted or not

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:25:36 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

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sounds like that 256 number pertains to the color limit

jpg images store thousands of colors

you need to convert it to the right format - probably GIF, which limits the colors to 256

what game, what file types are supported?

It says JPEG is supported and it's Day of Defeat: Source

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/Avandir/BFLogo8.jpg This is the image I'm trying to do. I had it alot smaller but returned it to normal so I could save it for my background.

well... this has "indexed" colors down to 256 - might work... 100x75

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:25:40 PM EDT

[#18]

And thanks to JINXR who gave me the pic.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:26:04 PM EDT

[#19]

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Quoted:
So I'm trying to put the Bolt Face Logo as a custom tag on a game. I have it down to 100X75 and the game is saying the pixel limit is 256. How do I make this work?

I believe the site owners have the BFL copyrighted. I can't answer your technical question but I'm pretty sure you should run it by the Avilas.

You cannot copyright a logo unless it has sufficient authorship, a face of a bolt that is 100% identical to the face of a real m16 bolt has no authorship/artistic individuality..

if the the "bolt face logo" is copyrighted, the copyright office fucked up bigtime

It's not 100% identical so it can be copyrighted. It's a unique design and is different then an actual boltface.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:28:34 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:
sounds like that 256 number pertains to the color limit

jpg images store thousands of colors

you need to convert it to the right format - probably GIF, which limits the colors to 256

what game, what file types are supported?

It says JPEG is supported and it's Day of Defeat: Source

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/Avandir/BFLogo8.jpg This is the image I'm trying to do. I had it alot smaller but returned it to normal so I could save it for my background.

well... this has "indexed" colors down to 256 - might work... 100x75

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo272/arf_zuuk/boltFace_tiny.jpg

Didn't work but thanks for the effort.

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:33:35 PM EDT

[#21]

AGNTSA

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:34:52 PM EDT

[#22]

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AGNTSA

Eh?

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:34:57 PM EDT

[#23]

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AGNTSA

Didn't know we had so many copyright attorneys here, did you?

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:46:48 PM EDT

[#24]

Try this one as its a smaller file....

Posted: 9/8/2010 12:55:03 PM EDT

[#25]

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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/WhiteWolfe/ARBOLT.jpg

Try this one as its a smaller file....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/WhiteWolfe/ARBOLT-1.jpg

Said the pic is corrupt.

Fuck it, I'm tired of messing with it.

Posted: 9/8/2010 1:30:00 PM EDT

[#26]

Here's what I did. I'll send them to you shortly.

They've been tested in DOD and worked fine.

Posted: 9/8/2010 2:22:39 PM EDT

[#27]

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Here's what I did. I'll send them to you shortly.

They've been tested in DOD and worked fine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/greyfox24/BFLinDOD1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/greyfox24/BFLinDOD2.jpg

Glad someone got it for em.

Posted: 9/8/2010 3:40:38 PM EDT

[#28]

The BFL (Bolt Face Logo) is a registered trademark and yes, 100% protected.

For public use like this, there's no need for us to get involved. I'll eventually get around to creating a "fair use" page which states that for personal use in electronic media a logo no larger than XXX pixels is acceptable without permission. This obviously will only include personal use, nothing business related, money related (even non-profit), and so forth. The goal has always been to protect a clear and easily recognizable symbol of this community and we work hard to protect it. (Trust me!)

So for this instance, no permission needed, but you have it. Feel free to make an in-game spray, avatar, icon, desktop backgrounds, etc for any electronic device, cell phone, computer, video games, etc which are for personal use only. Any redistribution or sale of a personal item with the logo without consent is in violation. (No, if you left the background on your phone when you sold it, we wont care. Be realistic here.)

Hope that helps!

Locking the thread to avoid chaos and mass hysteria.

Posted: 9/8/2010 3:41:10 PM EDT

[#29]

Request handled, explanation given, game over. :)

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