Image:Seal-of-Michigan.png

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Description

Seal of Seal of Michigan .
Source

Seal of Michigan
Portion used

Whole seal used to avoid misrepresenting image.
Low resolution?

Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original.
Other information Intellectual property owned by Seal of Michigan.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free image rationale for Seal of Michigan
Article

Seal of Michigan
Purpose of use

Used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the entity represented by the image.
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of this article topic.
Replaceable?

Protected by copyright and other restrictions including article 6ter of the Paris Convention, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.


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Self-made in Photoshop; color scheme (red/lt blue) based on images from government websites

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