File:Dutchess Community College (logo).jpg

Summary edit

DCC Logo

Fair use rationale in Dutchess Community College edit

It is contended that the use of this image qualifies as fair use when used in the article on Dutchess Community College for the following reasons.

1. This image is copyrighted and there is no non-copyrighted version of this image available.
2. This image is used for identification and or educational purposes only in the article on Dutchess Community College, and other articles if specific fair use rationale can be provided.
3. This image enhances the article in which it's displayed, as it provides an immediate relevance to the reader more capably than the textual description alone.
4. This image is of a reasonably low resolution.
5. This image does not limit the copyright holder's ability to profit from the original source, nor will it dilute the importance or recognition of the logo in connection with its organization.
6. This image is not replaceable; logos are always presumed non-free per WP:LOGO.

Licensing edit

This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. 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 non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. 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. Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dutchess_Community_College_(logo).jpg true

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag is only for use on images of logos. Template:Non-free use rationale logo may be helpful for stating the rationale. Please do not use this template to tag non-free icons of computer software. Such items should be tagged with {{Non-free computer icon}} template. Regarding uses other than in the original article: Check the non-free use criteria and do not assume that existing rationales can be simply copied and pasted, as they may not necessarily apply. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.