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>>Tomte+(OP)
The green cross is generally the recommended alternative.

Note that this isn't normal copyright, the red cross is protected under the Geneva Conventions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblems_of_the_International_R...

>>bingid+g4
If video games or art or movies are depicting the appropriate scenarios, such as a scene involving army medics, wouldn't that be a constructive use of the symbol? It would spread awareness and education.

A green cross would confuse people.

>>mushuf+e5
That's where I'm confused. I see the issue with products appropriating it as a sort of brand hijacking...like the example of a first aid kit with a red cross.

But tv, movies, games, etc, just showing an accurate representation of real life, within the media itself seems...normal.

I think if they have to, the least confusing thing would be a red square with a white cross inside it. That's what a lot of first aid kits seem to do. Though perhaps the Swiss wouldn't be thrilled. Maybe a white cross in a red circle?

>>tyingq+06
To complicate things one further layer down, what about games (Escape From Tarkov's AFAK for example) having products in them that do hijack the red cross, which is somewhat common in real life.

>>kipcha+Be
As you say, some actual US military first aid kits have a red cross on them...here's one I've seen in real life: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0106/5435/1460/products/1a...

>>tyingq+jo
This falls under the appropriate case as defined under the Geneva Conventions, because these would be used by people administering aid in armed conflict.

>>bingid+3s
Yes, but then depicting a military first aid kit in a game, as it appears in real life...is somewhat normal. At least to me. That's what you see on TV and movies.

And, FWIW, those first aid kits in big green plastic boxes are mostly used by regular soldiers. The medics have different kits in backpack looking containers called an M-9.