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Seal of Ocean City, Maryland

Source: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/ocean/images/1198-1-1552.gif

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It is asserted that the use of this image in articles pertaining to or in reference to Ocean City, Maryland qualifies as fair use for the following reasons:

• It is a low-resolution copy of the logo;
• It does not affect the market for the original work — this is a logo created to promote a municipal authority, not a commercial work sold to the public for profit;
• By the nature of the image, no free alternative is possible;
• The seal is widely identified with Ocean City, Maryland via posters, stationary, advertisements etc. and so the inclusion of the seal adds significantly to the articles in which it is used

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