File:Suffolk County, NY Police Aviation - Wiki.jpg

Suffolk_County,_NY_Police_Aviation_-_Wiki.jpg(134 × 150 pixels, file size: 36 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for Suffolk County Police Department (New York)
Description

This is the logo for Suffolk County Police Department (New York).

Source

The logo may be obtained from Suffolk County Police Department (New York).

Article

Suffolk County Police Department (New York)

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

Logo is illustrating the agency at issue in an encyclopedia article

  1. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
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.
  1. Copyright is unknown, but it is the logo of a government agency;
  2. No money or profit is involved;
  3. It is the uploader's own image of a patch in their possession.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Suffolk County Police Department (New York)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Suffolk_County,_NY_Police_Aviation_-_Wiki.jpgtrue

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current04:01, 4 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 04:01, 4 November 2007134 × 150 (36 KB)SGT141 (talk | contribs)(==license== {{seal}} 1) Copyright is unknown, but it is the logo of a government agency; 2) Logo is illustrating the agency at issue in an encyclopedia article; 3) No money or profit is involved; 4) Use should be governed by fair use.
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