File:RKOlogo.jpg

Description: RKO Radio Pictures onscreen closing logo, ca. 1936–55
Original rights holder: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Heir to rights holder: RKO Pictures LLC
Source: Image capture from DVD

The image linked here is claimed by Wikipedia editor DCGeist to be used under fair use as:

1. it is a logo that identifies a historically significant film studio;
2. it is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality);
3. as the value of the image is in the particular unique appearance which is copyrighted, no free alternative can be made;
4. it is being used only for informational purposes; and
5. its inclusion adds significantly to the article because it illustrates the famous logo of the studio during its classic era and supports a discussion of the logo's fame in the article text.

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