Image talk:C-17 Canberra (RAAF).jpg
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[edit] Fair dealing rationale
I'm really not sure why the fair dealing status for this photo is being disputed. The photo depicts the RAAF's first C-17 in flight on the day of its arrival in Australia. This was a historic occasion and the only photos of it are those released for PR purposes by the Australian Department of Defence. The aircraft's acceptance ceremony was restricted to official guests and was held at a military base and the only in-flight photos available are those taken from a RAAF aircraft during a sortie which was flown over Canberra for this purpose alone. As this photo was relased by Defence on the media section of its website for the use of the media I think that the fair dealing rationale provided is fully valid, especially as the copyright status is made clear and a larger version of the photo is available on Defence's website for download. Furthermore, this photo cannot be replaced by another photo as it is simply not possible for such a photo of this event to exist.
As a note, I did not recieve a message notifying me of this fair use dispute as is required. --Nick Dowling 22:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- You could argue that it would be fair use for No. 36 Squadron RAAF but it most certainly is not for the main article on the plane. You don't *need* a picture of the first flight of the first C-17 in the Australian Air Force for that article (and IMHO, you don't need one for the No. 36 Squadron RAAF articl either). If there was an article about the first C-17 in use by the RAAF or an article about the first flight of the first C-17 of the RAAF then it'd be a must fair use but this isn't the case.
Regarding the note, the script must have malfunctioned as it's supposed to automatically open a new window and notify you on your talk page, so sorry about that. Yonatan (contribs/talk) 07:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
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- The significance of the photo is that it depicts the first Australian C-17 (and the RAAF's only C-17 until later this year) in flight on the day it arrived in Australia so I think that the fair dealing claim for the C-17 article is actually stronger than a claim for No. 36 Squadron's article (as the Squadron has historically operated several other types of aircraft for which copyright-free photos are available). --Nick Dowling 09:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
