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Non-free / fair use media rationale - non-free logo for Logos and uniforms of the New York Giants
Description	This is a logo for Logos and uniforms of the New York Giants.
Source	The logo may be obtained from Logos and uniforms of the New York Giants.
Article	Logos and uniforms of the New York Giants
Portion used	The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image.
Low resolution?	The logo is a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution.
Purpose of use	The image is used to identify the brand Logos and uniforms of the New York Giants, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the brand, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the brand, and illustrate the nature of the brand in a way that words alone could not convey.
Replaceable?	Because it is a logo there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary.
Other information	Use of the logo in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy, logo guidelines, and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

GIANTS script logo 1976-1999, claiming fair use. Copyright: New York Football Giants

[edit] Fair Use Rationale

808 asserts that the limited use of this copyrighted image in Wikipedia articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:

It is of the logo of an NFL team which retains the copyright
It was obtained from the Sportslogos.net website which serves only to collect and archive these images
No free-license alternatives are available that convey the same information
The image is no larger, and of no higher quality, than required for its use in articles.
It is used in Wikipedia only for educational purposes and is not used for profit
Its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder
Its use on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

[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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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:17, 10 February 2007	545×208 (8 KB)	Soxrock (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	16:52, 4 February 2007	300×114 (3 KB)	MECU (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	16:06, 4 February 2007	545×208 (8 KB)	TheSportsLogosMaster (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	23:51, 3 February 2007	300×114 (3 KB)	MECU (Talk \| contribs)
	01:25, 2 October 2006	545×208 (8 KB)	Soxrock (Talk \| contribs)	(New York Giants logo 1976-1999, claiming fair use Copyright: Sportslogos.net)