My 2 Machines...somewhat 'chalk and cheese' !!!

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/ima.../23/118648.jpg

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/ima...0/29/27603.jpg

love the twin air horns on the slower one ;)

Mine, but not me flying it.
http://ukga.com/images/content/image22354.jpg

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4...feedge1024.jpg


my little group jet :) got some great pics that day

Woot you own a jet?
What do you do for a living if i may ask?
Great planes everyone! Very nice to see all the different kinds!

Victor Charlie on a trip to Morecombe Bay.
G-AVVC | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

My Dyn'Aero MCR-M
http://nykroppaflygcentrum.rular.se/P2238345
/Bengt

£1000 buys you a share, used to be a member of that group myself many moons ago, not so sure I'd recommend it based on my own experience...

600 litres an hour for fuel?

What exactly is the purpose of those?


Nice, did you land on a beach?


###Ultra Long Hauler###

ULH - they are venturis - the air driven through them with forward motion causes a vacuum. This vacuum then drives vacuum instruments such as Turn and Slip, etc instead of a vacuum pump.

Stik

Flyingmac - lovely to see the 172H, - is it an "H" ? with the 6 cylinder RR ? I used to own G-AVJI for many years.....

now this :G-CENC Christen Eagle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

http://www.hbdwc.ch/DWCbern2.jpg

She's mine and so is the copyright to the picture :)

M20C, 1965, O360-A1D.

Nice Mooney. Is that a M20A with the wood wing?

http://home.online.no/~anderfo/Div/IMG_0011.jpg

"Mine"! ....or at least a small part of it. Group owned.

Just three months or so ago I wouldn't have been able to reply to this thread. As it is.............

http://www.pprune.org/[IMG]http://i1.../G-BUKU001.jpghttp://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p.../G-BUKU001.jpg

Simple Guide for the UK most countries are similar.

With a pic of an aircraft (or thing/person/animal) the copyright is owned by the photographer, legally referred to as the 'author', unless the author agrees to assign copyright to another party by means of a contract of some sort.

If your aircraft is in a public place, eg aerodrome, then it, you, your pax etc etc and the surrounding area are fair game to be included in an image taken by someone. They do not need your permission to take the image or publish it be that for fun (eg this thread) or commercial gain (a web site selling images/magazine use). If you are in your hangar, your own landing strip, then that may be considered a 'private' place and you can prohibit photos being taken as a condition of entry. You can't prevent a shot being taken over the fence though.

If you use someone elses image and photoshop it, without permission from the copyright holder that is a copyright infringement, and the infringer could be liable for costs. Needless to say you can't claim copyright on the photoshopped image unless you have permission to use the original in the first place.

Web sites/forums etc are considered 'publishing', hence many of them have strict rules in the T&C's we sign up to to be members regarding the use of images, to prevent them as 'publisher' being penalised.

The use of copyright depends on the photographer, sometimes it will be to make money from it, a professional photographer is a business just like any other, and is very often used to prevent someone else making money from an image, either selling it or using it in different media for advertising or editorial matter.

As I say the above is a simple guide, the easiest way to prevent problems is to ask. i.e if you see an image you like send an email to the site owner asking permission to use or link the image. It's not often you get a refusal in my experience.

hth

It would thus appear that a model release is unnecessary if the photo of the person is taken in a public place.

Is that correct?

Simple UK version below
It varies, and varies from country to country depending on how the image is to be used inc context, and the content. If I snap Mr 540 preflighting his aircraft as I wander round the airfield, I don't have to get an MR. If I post the image on this thread again I won't need an MR. If I decide to place that image with a picture agency/library to make money from then it is strongly reccomended that I get an MR signed by Mr540. If I don't the majority of image publishers are unlikely to take the image for onward sale. Again if I have a flying club/school and I want to use that image to promote my business, I would need an MR to protect myself.
The main requirement for an MR is within advertising and publishing, mags/books, where the image of the clearly indentifiable individual is key in establishing the context of the use of the image. In this type of thread showing a picture of a preflight is unlikely to need an MR. As a snapper I would have asked Mr540 if he minded me taking the piccy in the first place, most people don't mind, but it costs nothing to ask, and frequently will get you a better image.

Surely the picture would be better if you asked Mr 540 to please just step out of shot for a minute :} :p