File:The badge of the Military Order of the Serpent.png
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[edit]| Description | This is the badge of the Military Order of the Serpent, a fraternity for US Military veterans formed in 1903 after the Spanish-American War. | ||
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| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | https://www.marway-militaria.com/en-us/products/usa-military-order-of-the-serpent-pin | ||
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Military Order of the Serpent | ||
| 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) |
Any derivative work based upon the logo would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
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| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | I reduced the original image in size by approximately 70%, then cropped and color corrected it. After discussion I reduced it a further 30%, to 52KB. | ||
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The use of a low resolution image of an organization's logo in the article about that organization will not impact the commercial viability of the logo. | ||
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Military Order of the Serpent//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_badge_of_the_Military_Order_of_the_Serpent.pngtrue | |||
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[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.
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| current | 18:19, 19 November 2024 | | 149 × 149 (57 KB) | Jax MN (talk | contribs) | Reduced the file further in size, to 52KB. |
| 16:16, 16 October 2024 |  | 214 × 213 (112 KB) | Jax MN (talk | contribs) | Uploading a non-free logo using File Upload Wizard |
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