File:Devons cap badge.gif

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale

Description

Badge of the Devonshire Regiment

Author or
copyright owner

Artist James Robinson for the Ministry of Defence.

Source (WP:NFCC#4)

https://web.archive.org/web/20041012115056/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/011Devon.htm

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)

Devonshire Regiment

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; its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it represents the subject of this article.

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.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)

The logo is low resolution image and will be used in the infobox.

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.

Other information

This work is protected by the British Crown copyright. Limitations on its distribution are defined at the original site of publication, and are not altered by its reproduction here. Those terms may include, but may not be limited to, its reproduction being accurate, free of charge in any format or medium, and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. HMSO has explicitly stated in official correspondence that material under Crown Copyright may not be relicensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence.

Thus, this is a non-free licence for the purpose of Wikipedia, as modification is not permitted. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
Fair use

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Devonshire Regiment//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Devons_cap_badge.giftrue

Licensing

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. Fair use