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[edit] Fair use rationale
Non-free / fair use media rationale for DC Comics | |
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Description |
Variant DC Comics logo, scanned from the cover of a variant edition of Justice League #3 (and which also appeared on a variant edition of The Fury of Firestorm #61). Released in July 1987 as a marketing test [1]. |
Source |
Scanned from comic cover by User:Chancemichaels. |
Article | |
Portion used |
Only the relevant portion of the cover needed to illustrate the article (the variant company logo) is included. |
Low resolution? |
281px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction. |
Purpose of use |
This graphic is intended to illustrate the article on DC Comics, specifically their logo history (and even more specifically, a short-lived experiment to boost sales by identifying all comics with the iconic character Superman). |
Replaceable? |
As a company trademark owned by DC Comics, no free alternative is possible. |
Other information | The logo and its distinctive likeness are Trademarks & Copyright © 1987 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. |
[edit] Licensing
This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.
This tag must have an accompanying fair use rationale which must be unique to the usage of THIS image in each article in which it is used. You must also give the source and copyright information for all fair-use images uploaded. Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. |
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current | 17:06, 15 May 2006 | 281×264 (20 KB) | Chancemichaels (Talk | contribs) | (Variant DC Comics logo, scanned from the cover of Justice League #3. Released in July 1987 as a test to see if having Superman on the cover would boost sales. Copyright DC Comics, fair use claimed to illustrate the company's logo history.) |
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