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[edit] Summary

the classic Western Electric logotype, from westernelectric.com, under fair use because it is not replaceable with a free image, nor can words accurately describe the logo

[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.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Western Electric
Description	Logo of Western Electric.
Source	Scanned logo, and intellectual property owned by Alcatel-Lucent.
Article	Western Electric
Portion used	Whole logo used to avoid misrepresenting brand image.
Low resolution?	Logo was selected in order to maintain the quality intended, without being unnecessarily high resolution.
Purpose of use	The logo is only being used for informational purposes, identification and critical commentary in the Western Electric and Reading Works articles, a subject of public interest. The logo confirms to readers they have reached the correct article, and illustrates the intended branding message. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the logo and its historical significance illustrate the discussion in the article.
Replaceable?	Logo is protected by copyright and trademark, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:34, 30 November 2005	328×45 (3 KB)	Saint-Paddy (Talk \| contribs)	(cropped version of the classic Western Electric logo replacing X570's verison... )
	10:08, 29 November 2005	760×53 (4 KB)	X570 (Talk \| contribs)	(the classic Western Electric logotype)