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This is a representation of a government, military, regimental, family, or other symbol such as a flag, seal, emblem, coat of arms or crest. This symbol may be copyrighted by its holder. As well, it is known that the representation of this symbol is either copyrighted by the holder of the symbol, or is available under a free licence. There may also be other restrictions on reproduction, including but not limited to article 6ter of the Paris Convention. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such symbols

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

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. As well, if this image is available under a free licence, please also add the appropriate free licence tag.

This work is protected by New Zealand Crown copyright. Limitations on its distribution are defined at the original site of publication, and are not altered by its reproduction here. Those terms may include, but may not be limited to, its reproduction being accurate, free of charge in any format or medium, and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Thus, this is a non-free license for the purpose of Wikipedia, as modification is not permitted. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: Please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

NZ Air Force Crest. Sourced from the NZ Defence Force, which allows reproduction without permission provided the use is not misleading or derogatory and provided the source and copyright are acknowledged. It is used in articles such as Royal New Zealand Air Force for illustrative purposes (it being the logo of the main subject of the article), in some articles as a means of associating the article with main articles (such as Command Training School), and in other articles for purposes of distinguishing the Air Force from other branches of the military (such as in New Zealand military ranks). No free alternative is possible.

Not an image I posted, but since a Fair use explanation is requested:

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It illustrates an educational article about the entity that the logo represents. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic. The logo is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. For examp-le. Better explanation is probably available if this does not persuade IP deletionists to leave it alone.

While you are considering this,

a/ Please retain an open mind to moves to remove Wikipedia IP policies from their present near blind parroting of US copyright law, when 1. US law doesn't apply to most of the planet, 2. the Users are not subject to only the law of the place servers are and 3. there is more to intellectual property law than just copyright, Dorothy.

b/ Please retain an open mind to moves to include other systems such as Commonwealth crown copyright as applies to this image, which would enable many more images, from more nations, to be shown without unreasonably restricting peoples ability to reproduce images. Is it really best to follow only the US law "Free Use/Fair Use" ideology?

c/ Please remember Wikipedia policy is determined by a small fairly cliquey, fairly deletionist group of users who like that sort of thing. It is not tablets of stone from God. Just cause you can find a bit of policy supporting your deletion may not mean trashing others work is the right thing to do. Winstonwolfe 04:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)