File:Western Maryland Logo.jpg

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Fair use in Western Maryland Railway[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Western Maryland Railway
Description

Western Maryland Railway logo

Source

Unknown

Article

Western Maryland Railway

Portion used

The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image.

Low resolution?

Not all that good actually.

Purpose of use

Illustration of article on this commuter rail system

Replaceable?

As a logo it is inherently not replaceable.

Other information

Heralds are "logos" or "slogans" used by railroad companies and displayed on their equipment. Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks.... However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark." Excerpt from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html Use of such images on Wikipedia arguably meets Fair Use requirements.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Western Maryland Railway//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Maryland_Logo.jpgtrue

File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:13, 9 April 2005Thumbnail for version as of 19:13, 9 April 2005150 × 74 (10 KB)Fawcett5 (talk | contribs)Logo of the Western Maryland Railway {{Logo}}
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