User talk:Ducimus

Use of civilian "Copyright" concepts to fair use of the images of Canadian Military Badges, Colours and Insignia is inappropriate.

The creation, nature and use of these devices is part of inherent Crown Prerogative. Certain uses are criminal - such as for example, wearing medals not awarded to the person wearing them. However, Canadian Soldiers who were Honourably Discharged are routinely invited to wear their "Mess Kit" Uniforms to Veteran's Parades and Events. They certainly wear their old caps and badges and medals on Rembrance day - at which they take precedence, and are traditionally saluted by serving Officers and Men. They are honoured members of their Regiments for life.

Historical and educational use of Canadian Military Badges, Colours and Insignia is universal, proper and lawful.

Wikipedia displays dozens if not hundreds of these - see for example the Princess Patricia's Canadian light Infantry Page.

There is one notorious exception to this Rule. To it's great shame, the Mulroney Government "sold" certain Crown Rights to Disney relating to the RCMP. Widely condemned as an odious betrayal of a public trust, the practice has not been renewed. The Badges, Colours and Insignia of the RCMP were bought and paid for by the Mounties who so bravely served and died for their Country in the World Wars as a Regiment in the Canadian Army, as well as by their Peacetime Police Service. "Title" to the "Copyright" belongs to the Crown in Trust for those served and for those who serve. It is not a commercial commodity.

Canada's Grenadier Guards (of Montreal) gave Canada some of its most brilliant and gallant soldiers. Colonel Tom Gilday, Canadian Commanding Officer of the Canadian Battalion of the "Devils Brigade" was but one of many famous Grenadier Guardsmen.

To display Canadian Military Badges, Colours and Insignia on Wikipedia is indisputably a proper educational use. Similar principals apply throughout the Commonwealth.