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[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.

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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Tacoma, Washington
Description	Seal of Tacoma, Washington .
Source	Copied from Tacoma, Washington website, and intellectual property owned by Tacoma, Washington.
Article	Tacoma, Washington
Portion used	Whole seal used to avoid misrepresenting image.
Low resolution?	Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original.
Purpose of use	Seal is used for purposes of illustration in the Tacoma, Washington article, a subject of public interest.
Replaceable?	Protected by copyright and trademark, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

From http://www.cityoftacoma.org/Page.aspx?nid=5

This is a representation of a government, military, regimental, family, or other symbol such as a flag, seal, emblem, coat of arms or crest. This symbol may be copyrighted by its holder. As well, it is known that the representation of this symbol is either copyrighted by the holder of the symbol, or is available under a free licence. There may also be other restrictions on reproduction, including but not limited to article 6ter of the Paris Convention. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such symbols

to illustrate the symbol in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. As well, if this image is available under a free licence, please also add the appropriate free licence tag.

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current	17:03, 1 March 2007	109×103 (10 KB)	Travisl (Talk \| contribs)	(From http://www.cityoftacoma.org/Page.aspx?nid=5 {{Symbol}})