I had to test a vector graphic service for work, and so I figured I’d use the RCA’s crest.  I’d seen a few different GIF versions online, but none of them were clear, legible or of good quality.  So I paid them out of my own pocket, and the image below is the final product.

Legality

Being concerned about breaking trademark law, I have done some extensive research and took the precaution of speaking to a lawyer for five minutes.  The Trade-marks Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. T-13) on Canada’s Department of Justice website, Section 9-1 states:

9. (1) No person shall adopt in connection with a business, as a trade-mark or otherwise, any mark consisting of, or so nearly resembling as to be likely to be mistaken for…

You can read the relevant section online or read the full text of the Trade-marks Act on the Canadian Department of Justice website.  Anyways – the relevant and important part is the part that I bolded.  I am not offering this download for money, nor in association or affiliation with any federal/provincial/city entity or department.  Just a private citizen who’s tired of seeing crappy graphics on the internet.

LEGAL:  This is a free download. Be warned that you are subject to the legal stipulations as defined in the Trade-marks Act regarding this image’s usage. I suggest you read it. The offering of this image for free download, is in no way to be taken as an affiliation with the RCA, or an endorsement of myself, my website,  by the RCA.

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