Empowerment
Wearables
Empowerment
- Description: Black fist on white cap.
- Rarity: epic
- Category: hat
Link to editor
Please provide written consent by Black Live Matter Organization to proceed with this design. Please email legal@decentraland.org to reconfirm that the NFT/wearable submitted is in full compliance with Decentraland’s Content Policy and Terms of Use and you accept those terms. Thank you!
the commy fist is copywritten to BLM?
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This design is not from BLM. It’s customized from a different design. The BLM fist is this one.https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/c9/e6/d8c9e69bc78641400be38db54dd81e1f.jpg
Please google “blm fist”, click images. You will not find one that matches my design anywhere in the results.
Hey @Bitjamins!
I don’t see that your design is different from BLM iconography. Again, please provide written consent by Black Live Matter Organization to proceed with this design. Please email legal@decentraland.org to reconfirm that the NFT/wearable submitted is in full compliance with Decentraland’s Content Policy and Terms of Use and you accept those terms.
Thanks!
Three questions:
- Can we change our design completely and resubmit without losing our submission fee?
- On this forum can you block someone?
- Can you unlike a liked comment?
Thank you.
could he get confirmation from the Librarians Against DRM instead?
but in all seriousness, is this copywritten by BLM or are you asking for people to jump hoops that are non-existent?
Either way, if you accept one fist you will have to accept them all. i say no to politics in DCL!
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I understand the concern over the similarity between our design and that of Black Lives Matter from a legal standpoint. And though the point is moot, I want to say for the record that the fist, even the “official” one which is different from ours, is not trademarked. It does not appear on the Black Lives Matter website (https://blacklivesmatter.com/) and is not on their official merchandise. But rather than continue to argue the point we’d like to substantially change our design if that’s allowed.
-Thanks.
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The design is clearly not trademarked or used officially by Black Lives Matter on their website or merchandise, but I think this is a battle I am not going to win. I’m only getting one answer from the committee. Black Lives Matter can’t give me permission to use a design that they don’t own, so what they are asking me for is impossible to provide.
Hey @Bitjamins! This is not a battle, please don’t take it like that. We only need to be sure that the icon is free to use, for you and your costumers.
I found this in Black Lives Matter:
https://blacklivesmatter.com/privacy-policy/
If not, please consider in do a re-design that is your own 
Thanks for understand,
Ok, I understand the legal concerns. I asked several questions and I only received exactly the same message in response, So I’m starting to feel like what I’m asking is not being directly addressed. The link you sent has no information re: the logo/icon for BLM or any copyrights or trademarks. I did some research before I submitted the design and as far as I’m aware this logo/icon is not trademarked or copyrighted. I have been on the BLM site numerous times over a period of years. This logo is not on their site or on any of their merchandise. Other merchants are selling merchandise with a “BLM” black fist icon on it online. So it is clearly not their trademark because it would be stated on their site. I don’t know what else I can do to prove this is the case. As I said above, I cannot ask them for permission to use a logo they don’t own.
Hey Bitjamins,
Answering your questions:
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Can we change our design completely and resubmit without losing our submission fee?
Yes, changing the model don’t make you lose the submission fee. -
On this forum can you block someone?
I don’t know. Maybe look here About - Decentraland -
Can you unlike a liked comment?
Yes
There was a previous case of something similar happening: Collection 'Black Lives Matter 2021' created by Lefty is ready for review!
If you are ok with your design and you assume full responsibility please email legal@decentraland.org to reconfirm that the NFT/wearable submitted is in full compliance with Decentraland’s Content Policy and Terms of Use and you accept those terms.
Let me know when you do it!
Thanks,
We have emailed legal@decentraland.org to reconfirm that our NFT/wearable submitted is in full compliance with Decentraland’s Content Policy and Terms of Use and that we accept those terms. Thanks for the reference to the previous case. I took a look at it. I believe our case is different because we are not using the text “Black Lives Matter” on our design. Our design, though similar, is not a direct copy of the BLM fist, which is public domain. And it is not cultural approbation because I am black. We would certainly be open to donating a portion of the profits to a legitimate charity focused on black political and cultural issues.
Thank you.
Again, we emailed legal@decentraland.org as specified. Is there anything else we need to do? Thanks.
Sorry, I didn’t post this message as a reply above so I’m copying it here:
We have emailed legal@decentraland.org to reconfirm that our NFT/wearable submitted is in full compliance with Decentraland’s Content Policy and Terms of Use and that we accept those terms. Thanks for the reference to the previous case. I took a look at it. I believe our case is different because we are not using the text “Black Lives Matter” on our design. Our design, though similar, is not a direct copy of the BLM fist, which is public domain. And it is not cultural approbation because I am black. We would certainly be open to donating a portion of the profits to a legitimate charity focused on black political and cultural issues.
Thank you.
Once again, we emailed legal@decentraland.org as you requested, almost a week ago, and our design remains “Under Review”. Is someone going to answer us. It’s been 7 days since we received any kind of response.
Give them time…Mine has taken 2 months. Also yours is tricky because i as a user see your logo and i immediately think the BLM organization. These are some legal waters i would not even dare to thread oof. Good luck to you! 
We were given no answer and no expectation of the amount of time it takes. Really how hard is it to simply respond to a question within the span of a week? I believe I read in the docs that a reasonable expectation was 3 to 5 days. Two months for approval seems like an inordinate amount of time. I thank you for your legal assessment. It’s much appreciated.