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Southern_Pacific_Lines_(logo).png (315 × 316 pixels, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/png)

Souther Pacific Lines color logo.

Description

Full-color "Drumhead" logo for Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

Source

San Diego Railroad Museum Library.

Article

Southern Pacific Transportation Company

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 the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, 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 Southern Pacific Transportation Company//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Pacific_Lines_(logo).pngtrue



It is believed that this image can be used under fair use because:

  • The image depicts the official corporate logo for the company described by the article.
  • Use of the image on Wikipedia does not hamper or dilute the copyright holder's use of the image.
  • No free alternatives are available.

File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:03, 9 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 18:03, 9 October 2016315 × 316 (60 KB)Fma12 (talk | contribs)Transparent background.
22:47, 17 March 2005No thumbnail300 × 301 (51 KB)Lordkinbote (talk | contribs)Souther Pacific Lines color logo. {{Logos}}

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