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[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted logo of Northland Rugby Football Union from http://www.taniwha.co.nz used to identify said union and its team in its article on wikipedia.

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.

[edit] Fair use in Northland Rugby Football Union

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

It illustrates educational articles about the entity that the logotype represents.
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
The logotype is not used in such a way the a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logotype.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. --Bob 15:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)