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The HRM has said it is Public Domain (emphasis mine):
Timely inquiry about the HRM official flag (Kingfisher flag).. the whole use issue of HRM's official flag (kingfisher) as well as the HRM Logo flag has been under review and discussion for some time. As well as section 9 of the trademarks act HRM official symbols (including both flags, coat of arms etc) are protected under Administrative Order #19 (link to HRM web site: http://www.halifax.ca/legislation/adminorders/documents/AO19.pdf The admin order was amended about a ago to allow for duplicates of the official HRM flag to be purchased (through regular flag outlets) and flown proudly by the public when used in accordance with the intention of the flag. The Admin order also outlines fines for violation..so the official flag is allowed in the public domain. The HRM logo flag is to be retained for corporate use, and the coat of arms much more restricted to official use only (as with the coat of arms of the Province). We are also considering registering with Government of Canada Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada. We have just updated the administrative section of the Admin Order to make that much clearer and outline the administrative bodies within HRM to address these issues. That will go to Council in May. In those changes my office (Municipal Clerk's office) has oversight of the use of the Official HRM, Coat of arms and other such symbols. Corporate Communications has oversight of the HRM logo (as the administrative logo/brand of HRM)... I hope that assist you.
Excellent work, can you archive that email with the ORTS system? --Svgalbertian (talk) 20:44, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On second thought, re-reading the statement, the term public domain here likely refers to the fact that the public were granted the right to fly the flag. Previously only the government was flying the flag. In order to be sure the flag is public domain (which at this point I doubt it is) I think we need a statement on copyright and to have it logged into the ORTS system.--Svgalbertian (talk) 20:33, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I actually just found an online reference at this location which lays out the free use of the flag. -Djsasso (talk) 17:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And an update. This news article mentions that it was made available to anyone in 2007. -DJSasso (talk) 15:37, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Giving premission for use does not impact copyright. From the articles it is clear that they still maintain rights over the image. Unless they release the image under a free license the copyright status must remain as is.--Svgalbertian (talk) 17:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yeah I understand. I didn't think its copyright was impacted, just that it had free use. -DJSasso (talk) 17:18, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I changed the template back because the use of the image is in the public domain. Public domain does not necessarily mean the copyright holder has given up their copyright. The template was redirected because they were determined to be the same. The insignia template below actually describes the situation even better. But it is incorrect to tag this image as non-free as you have, because that is not the case, the image is free use. -DJSasso (talk) 16:39, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
