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Wikipedia lawyer Godwin schools FBI on the law

article published on 3 August, 2010

Wikipedia lawyer Mike Godwin recently sent a letter to FBI Deputy Director David Larson rejecting a demand that the community authored online encyclopedia remove an image of the FBI seal from their article on the agency. You may already know of Mike Godwin from the many internet references to Godwin's Law, which states, "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison ... [ read the full article ]

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qazwiz
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the wording is referring to things used to identify a person as an agent of the government... as such would only come into play if the website attempted to claim it is an arm of the law, a situation that I doubt even without checking

further, the emblem, which is exclusive to the government, was used to describe same organization and therefore is fair use
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