File:AFSCME seal.svg

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Summary

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Description	This is the logo for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Source	The logo may be obtained from American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Article	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Portion used	The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image.
Low resolution?	This is an SVG vector image of a registered trademark or a copyright-protected logo, seal or computer icon. This image should not be rendered any larger than is required for the purposes of identification and/or critical commentary. The default rendering of this image 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	The image is used to identify the organization American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey.
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	Use of the logo in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy, logo guidelines, and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AFSCME_seal.svgtrue

Fair use in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Although this image is subject to copyright, I, Vargklo (talk · contribs), feel that its use in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

It is being used for informational purposes only;
It is the logo of a company for which no equivalent free alternative exists or could be created without infringing on copyright;
It does not infringe upon the original copyright holder's ability to profit from the media; and
It contributes significantly to the article in which it is used by identifying its subject.

Licensing

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

This is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image of a registered trademark or copyrighted logo. If non-free content restrictions apply, this image should not be rendered any larger than is required for the purposes of identification and/or critical commentary. See Wikipedia:Logos.

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current	00:13, 3 September 2007		138 × 138 (18 KB)	Vargklo (talk \| contribs)	=== Fair use in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees === Although this image is subject to copyright, I, {{user\|Vargklo}}, feel that its use in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is covered by the

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