This is a logo of a sports team. The image file was created by http://hqfl.dk. This website allows their files to be freely used with attribution (http://hqfl.dk/ states: "We offer you everything we have free of charge! We have only one demand: give credits to us! We have spent literally thousands of hours creating these logos, but as long as you give credits to us, you can use our logos as much as you want and how you want."); however, the logo itself is believed to be copyrighted and/or trademarked by the team in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of logos of sports teams Image File history File links Red_copyright. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface and/or font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ... Copyright symbol. ... A trademark or trade mark is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ...

• to illustrate the team in question
• on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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