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Minnesota Vikings primary logo 1961-1965, claiming fair use. Copyright: Minnesota Vikings

[edit] Fair Use Rationale

The limited use of this copyrighted image in Wikipedia articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:

It is of the logo of an NFL team which retains the copyright
It was obtained from the Sportslogos.net website which serves only to collect and archive these images
No free-license alternatives are available that convey the same information
The image is no larger, and of no higher quality, than required for its use in articles.
It is used in Wikipedia only for educational purposes and is not used for profit
Its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder
Its use on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

[edit] Licensing

This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. It is believed that 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 fair use under United States copyright law. 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.

This tag must have an accompanying fair use rationale which must be unique to the usage of THIS image in each article in which it is used. You must also give the source and copyright information for all fair-use images uploaded.

Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa.

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current	04:34, 13 April 2007	186×150 (12 KB)	RyguyMN (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == Minnesota Vikings primary logo 1961-1965, claiming fair use. Copyright: Minnesota Vikings ==Fair Use Rationale== The limited use of this copyrighted image in Wikipedia articles directly pertaining to it is a '''fair use''' of the image, )