File:NYC Transit Police Patch Pre 1995.jpg

NYC_Transit_Police_Patch_Pre_1995.jpg(284 × 350 pixels, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for New York City Transit Police
Description

This is the logo for New York City Transit Police.

Source

The logo may be obtained from New York City Transit Police.

Article

New York City Transit Police

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 of a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution.

Purpose of use

To represent an historical organisations 'official' image, prior to a specific date, through a badge or patch used by that organisation.

Replaceable?

Because it is a non-free logo, there is almost certainly no free representation. 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

Though this image may be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the entity that the logo represents.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
  4. The logo is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo.
  5. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
  6. It is the logo of a government agency;
  7. Logo is illustrating the agency at issue in an encyclopedia article;
  8. No money or profit is involved;
  9. Use should be governed by fair use;
  10. The agency illustrated is defunct and its logo is of historical value only.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of New York City Transit Police//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Transit_Police_Patch_Pre_1995.jpgtrue

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:34, 12 May 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:34, 12 May 2017284 × 350 (26 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
03:03, 6 February 2008No thumbnail486 × 600 (243 KB)SGT141 (talk | contribs)Cleaner image of one I posted previously
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