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A number of Aboriginal flags at an Invasion Day Protest in Melbourne, 2019. The Aboriginal flag is often included in various proposed designs to replace the current Australian Flag. One proposal has been to substitute the Union Flag, located in the canton of the Australian Flag, with the Aboriginal flag. Harold Thomas said of this idea: "I ...
The Australian government said on Tuesday it had acquired copyright to the Aboriginal flag so it can be freely used, resolving a commercial dispute that had restricted sporting teams and ...
[12] [13] The outcome was that he was declared the copyright owner of the flag's design, according to copyright law of Australia. [14] [15] In 2010 Thomas was involved in a dispute with Google over its intended use of a 12-year-old Australian girl's artwork incorporating the Australian Aboriginal flag into its logo. Thomas refused to allow ...
According to a press release from the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Ken Wyatt: "All Australians can now put the Aboriginal Flag on apparel such as sports jerseys and shirts, it can be painted on sports grounds, included on websites, in paintings and other artworks, used digitally and in any other medium without having to ask for permission ...
The Australian Aboriginal flag was copyrighted in Australia until the copyright of the flag was transferred to the Commonwealth on 25 January 2022. Despite consisting only of two fields and a circle at the centre, the Federal Court of Australia had upheld copyright claims over the Australian Aboriginal flag by its designer, Harold Thomas. [19]
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
Flag of Australia with Aboriginal flag replacing Union flag. NOTE: The original creator of the Aboriginal flag does not consider this suitable for a future Australian flag, and claims that it's in violation of his copyrights. Date: 1 August 2006: Source
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.