Is Ubuntu up for a lawsuit?

[SZF2001]

So I went and checked my email account at Hotmail.

I send my friend an email, and I catch this on the bottom.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/cheaptrick905/wtfubuntu.png
That's nice and all... But wait...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/cheaptrick905/wtfubuntu2.png
Hmm...

Let's look at these again (in slow motion):
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/cheaptrick905/wtfubuntu.png
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/cheaptrick905/wtfubuntu2.png

Uh... Don't all those things making a circle represent people? In both pictures?

Somethings not right, I say.

[polo_step]

Somethings not right, I say.
That's certainly pretty blatant; the only question was who had the concept first.

[Stew2]

Ummm... this has been brought up quite a few times already. :)

[23meg]

Old story, discussed many times. I recently saw it mentioned officially for the first time in an interview with Jane Silber:

http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/JaneSilber/

[IYY]

I'm pretty sure Ubuntu had this first. I remember a thread in these forums when MS first put that logo up.

[SZF2001]

You serious?

Damn it all. Sorry.

[polo_step]

Old story, discussed many times. I recently saw it mentioned officially for the first time in an interview with Jane Silber:

http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/JaneSilber/

:-k Not much of an answer:

Q: What do you think about the similitude with the Ubuntu logo found in various products (msn space, for example)? Did Canonical make any move with regard to potential logo infringement?

A: We keep a close eye on the use of the Ubuntu logo, have taken action in some cases of clear logo infringement, and will continue to do so.

[Iandefor]

My god, this is an old topic.

[NeghVar]

Wasn't the Ubuntu logo originally used by Frecnh Monks? Scene that on here a while ago.

[rcarring]

But some of us newer members havent seen it before. Think of it as an encore thread rather than a repeat....

[ubuntu27]

Ubuntu was the first one to put that logo I'm sure.
There were no such a logo in Hotmail before, they inconporated that logo since they published the "Live Beta"

[lapsey]

When it comes to what is admissible in court you need to be very careful as to what you say outside of it

[aysiu]

Ummm... this has been brought up quite a few times already. :) Yes, it has.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151132
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=106089
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=46875
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25504