Could this get me in trouble?

NicsterV

Loving YTtalk
I made a new profile picture and I used YouTube's old app logo as my design. I didn't copy and paste theirs though, I looked at theirs for inspiration and I made a very similiar but less detailed version of it. I'm planning on putting my channel name right in the middle of that and using that as my profile picture. Could I get in trouble if I did this?
Original vs mine:orig_iphone_youtube_logo-275x276.jpeg yttalk.png
 
As you're using it for YouTube, you should be fine.
It's not a direct copy, you're branding within their brand, and you're not bringing up any questions of ownership of it.

If you were to start your own video streaming service and used that as your logo, then you'd have to start worrying.
 
Yeah, this is fine. Go for it.
Be a sad state of affairs If YouTube wanted it changed
 
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