File:PriestleyMedal.jpg

Summary[edit]

Description: American Chemical Society's Priestley Medal designed by William Phipson and Adam Pietz. This image is the obverse of Linus Pauling's 1984 Priestley Medal at Oregon State University's Pauling Library.
Source: Copyright American Chemical Society and / or artists. All Rights Reserved. Image from http://pauling.library.oregonstate.edu/medals-priestley.htm

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Fair use rationale for Priestley Medal[edit]

It is believed that the use of this image in the article about the Priestley Medal is allowable under the fair use clause of United States copyright law for the following reasons:

1. It is a relatively low resolution image of the medal to illustrate the appearance of the Priestley Medal itself, used in a non-commercial educational article about the Priestley Medal.
2. There is no free alternative. Any photograph of a Priestley Medal will have the same issues with the copyright / trademark of the medal itself.
3. It is believed there will be no negative financial impact on the copyright holder from use of the image in this article.