The E-mail as I recieved it.


Hi, and thanks for writing!

We don't mind when people use our icons or other artwork on their Be- or BeOS-related web pages or links, as long as they include the following language somewhere on the page:

"The icons used herein are the property of Be, Inc. and are used by permission."

We're afraid that we cannot allow the usage of our icons for sites not related to Be. They may be the copyright of other parties.

We also require that the Be corporate logo (the blue and red "Be" with the bar underneath) is not altered in any way, and is used only for Be-related information or links. This helps protect our copyright and image to be one of the most advanced operating system companies in the world (and keeps our lawyers happy).

You'll want to look at our identity standard guide, located here:

http://www.be.com/aboutbe/identity_guide/index.html

We also like to get mail from people who do use our artwork, along with URLs, so we can know who they are. Do send us your web address so we can visit your work!

Thank you for your interest in Be!

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On 3/2/99, neptune@MNSi.Net wrote:
>To Whom It May Concern:
>
>I'd like to know who I can talk to regarding Copyright Information.
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>I am in the stages of building a Web Page which will hopefully contain information about the BeOS and provide some links, information, and minor help.
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>I am requesting to use ALL of the Registered Be Inc. names and Logos as well as Icons which can be obtained from IconWorld.
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>My page currently resides at http://geocities.datacellar.net/SiliconValley/Program/6009/ and is really boring right now since I am working on a layout and I would like to incorporate some Be Inc. Logos and designs to leave a familiar look to my page.
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>If you could please either reply with or forward this to the correct persons I would be in debt to you. As posted on my page, I will not continue to update the page with ANY more graphics until permission is either given or denied, if which I will have to design around current Be Inc. Trademarks.

> >Thank you for your Time,
>
>Chris Brodie
>


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