File:Empress of Scotland troopship.jpg
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| Description |
This is an image of the SS Empress of Scotland. The original name of this ship was Empress of Japan, but the name was changed at the beginning of the Second World War |
| Source |
New York Public Library Picture collection, #30188 -- photograph from Liners:the Golden Age, p. 270 by Robert Fox. 10-ISBN 3-829-02862-8; 13-ISBN 978-3-829-02862-2 |
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| Portion used |
The entire published photograph is used to convey the impression intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. |
| Low resolution? |
The digitized image of the original photograph is a size and resolution sufficient for the reader to examine without necessary without being unnecessarily high resolution. |
| Purpose of use |
to clarify the various iterations of this vessel -- see "other information" below |
| Replaceable? |
Because it this image shows a troop ship with so many men in sight, there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the impression intended by the artist and the National Portrait Gallery, would tarnish or misrepresent this person's image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary. |
| Other information |
It relevant that this ship had three names:
This article does show an images of the ship when it was RMS Empress of Japan; and there is also an image of the ship when it was the SS Hanseatic. In this context, it is not obvious how to determine whether or not "fair use" permits this opportunity to show how the ship was different in its wartime role; but this question is posed squarely. |
Licensing:
| Copyrighted | This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information. Please remember that the non-free content criteria require that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be used in a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy). A rationale must be provided for every article any non-free image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria. Source and other copyright information must also be provided. If this tag does not accurately describe this image, please replace it with an appropriate one. |
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| current | 09:09, 8 July 2010 | | 1,648 × 1,274 (560 KB) | Admin (talk | contribs) | == Summary == {{Non-free use rationale |Article = Empress of Japan (1930) |Description = This is an image of the SS ''Empress of Scotland.'' The original name of this ship was Empress of Japan, but the name was changed at the beginning of the Second World War |Source = New York Public Library Picture collection, #30188 -- photograph from ''Liners:the Golden Age,'' p. 270 by Robert Fox. 10-ISBN 3-829-02862-8; 13-ISBN 978-3-829-02862-2 |Portion = The entire published photograph is used to convey the impression intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. |Low_resolution = The digitized image of the original photograph is a size and resolution sufficient for the reader to examine without necessary without being unnecessarily high resolution. |Purpose = to clarify the various iterations of this vessel -- see "other information" below |Replaceability = Because it this image shows a troop ship with so many men in sight, there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the impression intended by the artist and the National Portrait Gallery, would tarnish or misrepresent this person's image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary. |other_information = It relevant that this ship had three names: ::1930—1942: RMS Empress of Japan ::1942—1957: RMS Empress of Scotland ::1957—1966: SS Hanseatic This article does show an images of the ship when it was RMS Empress of Japan; and there is also an image of the ship when it was the SS Hanseatic. In this context, it is not obvious how to determine whether or not "fair use" permits this opportunity to show how the ship was different in its wartime role; but this question is posed squarely. }} == Licensing: == {{Non-free historic image}} |
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