File:MichNet1990.jpg

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for Merit Network
Description	This is the logo owned by Merit Network, Inc. for MichNet state-wide network. It is a historical logo. Its historical usage is as follows: First MichNet logo, now discontinued, in use from c.1990 to c.2003.
Source	The logo is from the following website: http://www.merit.edu/ http://www.merit.edu/news/newsletters/pdf/2002winter.pdf
Article	Merit Network
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 of 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 used to identify the brand MichNet state-wide network, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the brand, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the brand, and illustrate the nature of the brand in a way that words alone could not convey.
Replaceable?	Because it is a non-free logo, there is almost certainly no free representation. 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Other information	The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia VRTS system; it is available as ticket 2011042110001627 for users with a VRTS account. To confirm the permission, please contact VRTS volunteers at their noticeboard.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Merit Network//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MichNet1990.jpgtrue

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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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