File:Logo for Chromatics, color graphics computer manufacturer.png
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Summary[edit]
Description | This is a business logo for Chromatics, a company which manufactured color graphics computer displays and terminals. The three color bars represent the three primary colors which are used to generate images on a CRT display. |
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Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Scanned and cropped from a Chromatics instruction manual. |
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Chromatics (graphics) |
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question. |
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
No free media file is available which would serve this purpose. |
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | The file will be used only once, is cropped and reduced in resolution from the original scan, and would not serve in any other articles. |
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
As the subject company was acquired and is no longer using the logo, no commercial value is believed to be affected by its use here. |
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Chromatics (graphics)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_for_Chromatics,_color_graphics_computer_manufacturer.pngtrue |
Fair use in Chromatics (graphics)[edit]
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the entity that the logo represents.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
- It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
- The logo is not used in such a way that the reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo.
- It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Licensing[edit]
This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. 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 non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. 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.
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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