Could i get sued for using a populars brand logo for my branding on youtube?

[Dem]

the title explains it all, i'm using a logo of a school in britain for my profile picture and banner on youtube, can i get sued for this?

 

[Farley Productions]

I don't think you could get sued unless you are making a lot of money on Youtube and they possibly discover you somehow. Although I would never recommend using the same branding from another company unless it sticks to thumbnails only and the video has the content from said company/product and is within "fair use."

If you need help with branding/logos/etc.. might I recommend posting a request or replying to a service in the forums? =]
Hope that helps.

 

[winson yuen]

Why would you use somebody else's branding? Who is it going to benefit? The girl from "cash me ousside" wanted to launch her own merch by using a logo similar to Champion's and they were threatening on suing her.

 

[Yachts For Sale]

I agree, you are unlikely to get sued unless you start to make a serious amount of money. The school may however email you to ask you to remove their logo, in which case it would be advisable to comply.

 

[vMinti]

I'd never recommend that.
That extra headache, you know. :x
I couldn't make stuff and then worry about all these aspects (and what if...)

Or if you really want to do so - maybe consider writing to the school specifically, asking them for the permission to use these (?)

 

[Crown]

Moved to the copyright / legal forum.

 

[Minikinart]

Not sure if your could get sued or not, it would be best to ask for permission. What is your channel about? If you're a student in that school or a teacher providing content for your students that would be okay, but if you make videos about something totally not related then why use their logo? It's always best to make your own logo so that people can easily recognize you from it and not confuse you with something/someone else.

 

[MostShockingEP]

SHORT ANSWER - O YEAH ! And you wont be the first one to get sued.