Exterritory Project's video Flags of Convenience, 2016, commissioned by Pelican Bomb for this exhibition, points to practices of transnational corporations that
use national flags to evade legal frameworks for both taxes and human rights.
Considering it's probably a lot cheaper to
use national flags than licence and use actual football squads names / logos, I can understand.
Notwithstanding, it is extremely unlikely that you could be successfully prosecuted for copyright breach for
using a national flag design as you would have a near watertight fair use / fair dealing defence for public policy reasons.
Not exact matches
The French
flag - carrier was an early target of the US
National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ as it was seen as a terrorist mark and it carried out tests in 2007 on allowing the
use of mobile phones on its aircraft.
That would have essentially taken control of Russian oil out of the
national patrimony, and probably left it with little sales and export revenue after Exxon's accountants had done the usual creative tax strategies
using flags of convenience and offshore banking centers to leave no reported taxable earnings.
A Malaysian initial coin offering organizer has been
flagged by the central bank over its unauthorized
use of
national and institutional symbols.
How you go from
using a country's
national anthem as striping to make the jersey one big
flag is absolutely beyond me.
''... that all Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, from or through their territories or by their
nationals, or
using their
flag vessels or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, and technical assistance, training, financial or other assistance, related to military activities or the provision, maintenance or
use of any arms and related materiel, including the provision of armed mercenary personnel whether or not originating in their territories...»
Voted against
using federal funds for the display of Confederate
flags at
national cemeteries.
(b) Take the necessary measures to prevent, except as decided otherwise by the UN Security Council in advance on a case - by - case basis, the supply, sale, or transfer of arms or related materiel from Iran by their
nationals or
using their
flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in the territory of Iran, until the date five years after the JCPOA Adoption Day or until the date on which the IAEA submits a report confirming the Broader Conclusion, whichever is earlier;
All States may participate in and permit, provided that the Security Council decides in advance on a case - by - case basis to approve: the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from or through their territories, or by their
nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or
using their
flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, to Iran, or for the
use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their
nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or
use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagraph.
The researchers saw fewer
uses of sensitive search terms — including both words likely to be
flagged as suspicious by the
National Security Agency, or NSA, and potentially personally embarrassing words, like those related to health issues — after the government surveillance revelations.
Encourage children to
use colour to create their own
national flags and teach them more about the country.
Students research basic principles for
flag design, find out how the
flag of their city (or of a city close to their community) ranked in a
national survey, and then
use the computer to create their own community
flags.
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has opened a route from Kendari to Wakatobi in Southeast Sulawesi
using ATR 72 - 600 aircraft with a capacity of 70 passengers.
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is in negotiations with Japanese authorities to
use the latter's Narita International Airport as a transit hub for Jakarta - Los Angeles flights next year.
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia president director Pahala Mansury said extra flights have been added for flights from Surabaya and Lombok and bigger planes are
used to carry more passengers.
The
national flag carrier will serve passengers from Maumere to Denpasar four times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
using ATR 72 - 600 aircraft that can accommodate 70 economy - class passengers.
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is in negotiations with Japanese authorities to
use the latte...
He first received
national attention in 1989 when his art became the center of controversy over its
use of the American
flag while he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
He first received
national attention in 1989 when his art became the center of controversy over its transgressive
use of the American
flag while he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
He first received
national attention in 1989 when his art became the center of controversy over its
use of the American
flag.
, a conceptual artwork for audience participation, became the subject of
national conversation over its transgressive
use of the American
flag.
Using designs, icons, and colors from all of the world's
national flags, without hierarchy or political prejudice, Kimsooja's installation To Breathe — Zone of Nowhere creates a visual canopy where
national differences exist on an equal plane.
A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday is an artwork that refers to and really visually references a
flag that the NAACP
used to fly from their
national headquarters.
The Jamaican
flag, a gold X (saltire) over a green and black field, is the only
national flag currently in
use that has no instance of red, white, or blue as either a primary or detail color.
Student Sarah Chadwick famously edited herself into a
National Rifle Association public service announcement telling the gun rights group their time was running out — a riff on NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch's warning that «time's running out» for a number of other groups, including the «lying media, every Hollywood phony, to the role model athletes who
use their free speech to alter and undermine what our
flag represents.»
A Malaysian initial coin offering organizer has been
flagged by the central bank over its unauthorized
use of
national and institutional symbols.
Correct and respectful
use of
national flag with correct blend of wall colors and furniture may make the space genuinely patriotic.