To Humongous, 
 My name is Katie.  Me and my friends, Kim and Madeline, in the 5th and 6th grades, are working on a project called ThinkQuestJr.  We are creating a website about copyrights and trademarks and licenses.  We are trying to help kids learn how to ask permission for things.  We want to know if we could use the picture below and your trademark on our website. This site is hoping to show students the correct way to ask for permission if they are using trademarked or copyrighted items. 
Below is my class site and the Thinkquest site. 

Thank you very much 

Class 5-302's Website

Katie, 
The images still didn't come through, but no need to worry.   Please read 
the following statement: 

Thank you for your interest in Humongous Entertainment's product, Backyard 
Football. 

If you intend to use graphics or text or offer downloadable materials from 
the Backyard Football/Humongous Entertainment Web sites, please include the 
following notice on the main page of your site. 

"Copyrighted images, text and/or materials are reproduced with the 
permission of Humongous Entertainment. Do not duplicate or redistribute in 
any form." 

Please link the "Humongous Entertainment" text in the notice to 
http://www.humongous.com <http://www.humongous.com> . 

Thanks again. 
Don Williams

To Graphic Artist Guild, 

     My name is Katie.  Me and my friends, Kim and Madeline, in the 5th and 
6th grades, are working on a project called ThinkQuestJr.  We are creating a 
website about copyrights and trademarks and licenses.  We are trying to help 
kids learn how to ask permission for things.  We want to know if we could 
have permission to use your book cover picture on our website with your 
copyright credit listed and a link to your site.. This educational site is hoping to 
show students the correct way to ask for permission if they areusing trademarked 
or copyrighted items. We are interviewing a graphic artist and he recommendend 
your book and site. 
Below is my class site and the Thinkquest site. 

Thank you very much 

Class 5-302's Website 

ThinkQuest 2000

Dear Katie, 

Congratulations on undertaking such an ambitious, worthwhile project. Not 
even many adults have the sensitivity to copyright issues like you and your 
friends. 

You may certainly use the image of our book on your site for educational 
purposes. In addition, you may also want to visit the site for "Friends of 
Active Copyright Education" (FACE) at 
http://law.duke.edu/copyright/face/index.htm 

Good luck on your project. 

Paul Basista CAE 
Executive Director 
Graphic Artists Guild 
http://gag.org 
 

To Copyright Society 

My name is Katie.  Me and my friends, Kim and Madeline, in the 5th and 6th grades, are working on a project called ThinkQuestJr.  We are creating a website about copyrights and trademarks and licenses.  We are trying to 
help kids learn how to ask permission for things.  We want to know if we could have permission link to your website and FACE website. This site is hoping to show students the correct way to ask for permission if they are using trademarked or copyrighted items on or off the web. 
Below is my class site and the Thinkquest site. 

Thank you very much 

Class 5-302's Website 

ThinkQuest 2000

Hi. Thank you for your message.  I am chair of a committee that will be 
creating a new part of the FACES web site directed toward children to teach 
them about copyright law.  We would be happy to have you link your site to 
the Copyright Society site, as our goal is to educate children (and everyone 
else) about copyright law and, especially, when permissions need to be 
obtained.  Please let me know when your site is up so we can see it or if 
there's a prototype I can review before it's up.  I'll try to make sure 
everything is correct. Also, in the meantime, let me know if I can advise 
you in any way on the copyright or trademark clearance issues. 

Mary E. Rasenberger 
Morrison & Foerster 
1290 Avenue of the Americas 
New York, NY  10104 
(212) 506-7360 
mrasenberger@mofo.com

To Microsoft, 
 My name is Katie.  Me and my friends, Kim and Madeline, in the 5th and 6th grades, are working on a project called ThinkQuestJr.  We are creating a website about copyrights and trademarks and licenses.  We are trying to help kids learn how to ask permission for things.  We want to know if we could use the your trademark (Microsoft)on our website. This site is hoping to show students the correct way to ask for permission if they are using trademarked or copyrighted items. 
Below is my class site and the Thinkquest site. 

Thank you very much 
http://www.thinkquest.org   http://home.att.net/~alperstein/

Hello Katie, 

Thank you for writing to microsoft.com.  Please refr to this site for your inquiry about using the microsoft logo in your website: 
http://microsoft.com/permission/copyrgt/cop-img.htm#Logos.  If you have further questions, feel free to write to us again. 

One last item: microsoft.com wants to be certain we respond quickly and accurately to customer feedback.  Please help us evaluate the quality of our feedback service by taking a moment to fill out a survey.  It takes only a few minutes, and will help guide us in future improvements. You will find the survey at: 

http://www.opinionforce.com/43000/4300001.asp 

Sincerely, 

Charo 
microsoft.com Customer Support