Copyright
As an ex-photographer for BAe and others, I think we're getting a little confused here.
As I understand it, anything I took for the company, in the company's time, is their copyright.
If a flying saucer lands on the bonnet of my car on the way home and I photograph it, that's my business.
Seriously, the issue must be the timing of getting out, and heading / other people involved, which is presumably why this has 'gone political' so quickly...
There is the issue of forces personnel being paid every hour, all week - after a very unpleasant accident the aircraft in question was photographed by an American serviceman, who tried to claim copyright to his photo's !
As I was photographer on the BoI I quickly convinced the RAF officer leading the inquiry - who despite his rank didn't know where he stood on this - that as a serviceman this chap had no rights ( or for that matter morals ) whatsoever.
Last edited by Double Zero; 11th Sep 2008 at 14:32.