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Progressive Rail corporate logo.

Fair use in Progressive Rail

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Progressive Rail, Inc.
Description

Progressive Rail logo

Source

http://www.progressiverail.com

Article

Progressive Rail, Inc.

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 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 placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing Progressive Rail, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the reader 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 logo there is almost certainly no free equivalent. 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

Heralds are "logos" or "slogans" used by railroad companies and displayed on their equipment. Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks.... However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark." Excerpt from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html Use of such images on Wikipedia arguably meets Fair Use requirements.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Progressive Rail, Inc.//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prorail.pngtrue

History of File:Prorail.gif

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  • 2008-01-03T15:30:09Z Elkman (Talk | contribs) (1873 bytes) (Add fair use rationale)
  • 2007-04-23T20:05:41Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (50 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "logo" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
  • 2005-08-27T15:50:13Z Elkman (Talk | contribs) (Progressive Rail corporate logo. {{Logo}})
  • 2005-08-27T15:50:13Z Elkman (Talk | contribs) (177x78) (1440 bytes)

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current23:13, 15 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 23:13, 15 December 2008177 × 78 (1 KB)718 Bot (talk | contribs)Progressive Rail corporate logo. == Fair use in Progressive Rail == {{Non-free use rationale | Description = Progressive Rail logo | Source = http://www.progressiverail.com | Article = Progressive Rail | Portion =

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