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Originally Posted by photon
This could possibly get into the same difficulty as the image of the Calgary Tower, the source photo that you used to create the silhouette is owned by someone so we'd probably need permission to use it, and I don't know about the implications of using a specific player's image as well, so might be better for the player to be more abstract and not identifiable.
Not just your stuff, anyone that's making logos should keep in mind that any source material that isn't created from scratch could involve getting permission or purchasing an image (unless they're already licensed under creative commons or something). Would hate to have to reject a good option because of copyright.
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With modification, most images are legal for re-use.
For example, with the Calgary Tower any of these could be source images:
Calgary Tower Labeled for Reuse with Modification
The image of Monahan has been used by the NHL, Calgary Herald, CBC, Hockey in Society and many other locations as an image to their article. So I'm not sure if that specific image falls under CC or not. But, you're right that a vector cut-out of an image could still fall under the copyright violation from what I understand.
Edit: As credited by the
Calgary Herald it's
Derek Leung of Getty Images we would want to get in touch with. It's entirely possible that we email him and he says "Great!"