History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Editing/Fair dealing

FAIR DEALING & FAIR USE Criticism has been levelled at this Wikibook as to possible breach of "fair dealing", and there is a related concept of "fair use". The Wikipedia article on "fair dealing" (prescriptive exceptions to copyright) seems both comprehensive and appropriate: Fair dealing The closely related concept of "fair use" (non-prescriptive exceptions to copyright) is addressed in Wikipedia here Fair use There is a rejected Wikibooks policy or guideline proposal that should not be followed (but includes material of relevance): Fair use policy There is a Wikipedia article (including several Wikipedia policies) which indirectly addresses the topic: Non-free content An exemplar of such criticism is as follows: "It is good that you've attributed the sources, however I have concerns, that the use of extensive quotes from the listed newspapers (especially those after 1930) is pushing the limits of what might be considered "fair dealing" in an academic context." (This in respect of a few hundred article quotes in respect of radio station 2KY Sydney). https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_wireless_telegraphy_and_broadcasting_in_Australia/Topical/Stations/2KY_Sydney/Notes My broader response is as follows: (1) Fair dealing does not technically apply to public domain articles, it is rather a copyright exception, however the source must be cited otherwise the material has been plagiarised. (2) Material in Trove from radio magazines published prior to 1955 is in the public domain (not subject to copyright), both in Australia and worldwide. (3) It is intended to develop another article which specifically addresses copyright as relevant to this Wikibook. This Wikibook comprises mainly articles of two types: (1) specific radio stations and (2) specific individuals associated with the radio industry: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_wireless_telegraphy_and_broadcasting_in_Australia/Topical/Biographies https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_wireless_telegraphy_and_broadcasting_in_Australia/Topical/Stations In respect of both these categories typical Wikibook articles will include transcriptions (with brief comments, text correction, minor reformatting and source attribution) of items in the National Library of Australia's Trove. For either radio stations or individuals Trove will have been searched for all references (typically thousands of hits) and all items tagged e.g. "2KY - Sydney" or "Emil Robert Voigt". The most relevant articles will be transcribed (as time is available) and, if transcribed into a particular Wikibook article, further tagged as eg "!Wikibooks 2KY" or "!Wikibooks Voigt". Certainly, the selection of a few hundred Trove items out of tens of thousands of such items, is "fair dealing", constituting less than 1% of available material. Actually it is almost a standard template for professional research.