Some businesses including MBA licensees that accept ApeCoin as payment for goods and services have previously been asked by Yuga Labs to remove the ApeCoin logo from their websites. Others have received similar requests from the ApeCoin DAO. This proposal seeks to clarify once and for all that any vendor that accepts ApeCoin may display the official ApeCoin logo on their websites and in their business to signify that they accept ApeCoin as payment for their goods and services.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM:
This clarity will promote use and adoption of ApeCoin as payment for goods and services.
STEPS TO IMPLEMENT:
Publish fair use guidelines that allow a business to use the official ApeCoin logo without seeking any further approval
Distribute such guidelines internally and on the official ApeCoin website and social media accounts
REPORTING EXPECTATIONS:
The expectation is that this proposal would be implemented by the DAO’s administrative team. The community should regularly review the impact of this proposal. If accepted, the administration and the community should review the impact of the updates after the 3-month period for conflict ends.
OVERALL COST:
“Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund = $0.”
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@ernestlee please see your messages for the next steps.
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1. The implementation of this proposal would entail use of Foundation resources. Please include any and all estimated costs associated with the implementation of this proposal in your Overall Cost section.
There are no costs to implement this proposal other than the cost of posting the notice of fair use guidelines as described in the AIP.
2. As per the ApeCoin General Guidelines, “proposals will not be put up for vote if they involve illegal activity, hate speech, pornographic material, or are at odds with the mission or values of the APE Foundation.” By removing restrictions on merchant IP usage, businesses with practices that do not align with the aforementioned values could potentially violate these guidelines (i.e. a platform streaming pornographic material that accepts ApeCoin). What restrictions, if any, do you propose regarding businesses whose practices stand in opposition to these guidelines?
This proposal does not involve illegal activity, hate speech, pornographic material." Nor is this Proposal “at odds with the mission or values of the APE Foundation.” There is nothing illegal about the ApeCoin DAO acknowledging that any business can accept ApeCoin.
Are you saying that the DAO wants to regulate and police all activity of those who trade ApeCoin for goods and services? The DAO does not have any exposure regardless of the usage as the DAO is not endorsing the goods or services being delivered in exchange for ApeCoin. Allowing individuals or businesses to use the ApeCoin logo to indicate that they accept ApeCoin is not in any way “at odds with the mission or values of the APE Foundation.”
That being said, we could amend this idea to provide the following two alternatives;
A vote “FOR” this proposal would be a vote to allow the fair use of the ApeCoin logo for ANY business that accepts ApeCoin.
A vote “AGAINST” such proposal would only allow the fair use of the ApeCoin logo where the APE Foundation has spent its resources to thoroughly vet the business and issued a license.
3. Do you provide consent to apply updates to the relevant areas of your proposal based on your responses to the questions above?
I consent to apply updates based upon my responses.
4. Do you provide consent to share these questions and answers with the community in this forum?
I consent to share these questions and answers with the community in this forum.
A DAR package is being worked on and upon completion this AIP will move into Administrative Review. Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments.
Seems like a proposal that should have already been done. I can’t believe there is no universal badge that vendors can use to show they accept ApeCoin. And to ask a vendor to take it down? Without offering them something to use to show they accept it. Has there been any reason as to why? Just curious.
I know the Ape Skull logo can’t be used without permission, but if it’s in the ApeCoin form, I thought it was fine and even good for ApeCoin. Since ApeCoin is switching to the Gorilla logo, I guess it should be easier now. There definitely need to be clear guidelines.
Kapow! Yuga has very specific rules about “how” logos are displayed: