Hi all,

I wanted to ask you experts, what are the rules of public display if I buy a slide from someone at a collectors show or auction? Can I publicly display that slide or a scan of that slide? Can I display it if I give full credit to the original photographer?

Reason I'm asking is I've had a few requests in the past few weeks from people wanting to display their collections and for now I've resisted. I personally think it would be great to share those slide scans with everyone as they are mostly from a time period when military aviation was in its heyday and we will obviously never see those sights again. I think if a photog registers an account with "Collection Of" in the copyright bar, it's totally ok. And they can give credit to the photographer in the Remarks section. That way it will be obvious that the uploader is not trying to claim the photo as their own.

As a slide taker and collector since the mid 1950's I completely agree with the baseline recommendations from "Soundbarrier". Simplistically, give credit to the shot where it's due / known! This was my baseline credo when I had over 25,000 and frequently delighted aviation enthusiasts with a look into days gone by.

Hope this helps, best regards imac8838

Yes, absolutely. That has been my plan all along. Photographer will get credit no matter what. Also, I think it would be a great idea to have the photographer create a separate account with the words "Collection of" in the copyright bar. That will keep the photos separate from their main account and it will make it obvious that it's from their collection. The original photographer name will be in the Remarks Section.

Hi Mark,

Yes, you are absolutely correct. The reason I brought it up is because in the past few month I've been asked by several people if they could upload scans of their collections. I wanted to see if the community sentiment had changed or at least softened somewhat. I have recently seen a lot of photos on other sites as well as Flickr where people have uploaded photos that weren't theirs and simply marked them as part of their collection.

I strongly feel that they should be shared so everyone can enjoy them, rather than being stuck in someones drawer for the next 50 years. I also strongly agree that the original photographer retains the copyright and credit to be given to the original photographer whenever he/she is known.

7 years ago I contacted Ray and asked him if it was possible to upload scanned slides from my aircraft collection. Instead of collecting dust in the attic I wanted to share these pictures with other aircraft enthusiasts. After a few mails Ray agreed and I started uploading some pictures. Shortly thereafter some members reacted and started asking questions about copyright. This was understandable because I didn't shot this pictures and that was against Airfighters policy. After some other mails with Ray we decided to end this. Again, it's understandable and I respected that. Anyway I still wanted to share my slides with the rest of the world and created a Flickr account for this purpose. After 7 years and 8.000+ slides I had no copyright issues. In contrary, people just love to see al these old aircraft. If the photographer is known he always get full credits. In some cases I contacted the photographer and asked for permission and I never had problems.
Last week Ray contacted me with a request to start uploading my slides again. I agreed because I have many nice slides to share. Airplanes all over the world en several time periods. A piece of history.
I want all of you to make clear that I have no bad or fals intentions. I only want to bring back old memories. Just give it a try and if it doesn't work we can always end this. Fair enough?
If you have any comment just post it

Regards Gerrit

Display the photos as "User XYZ" collection like in these two examples

View large    View medium Photo © James Winfree III Slide Collection

View large    View medium Photo © Gerrit Kok Collection

with proper captions is looking good to me.
As such these photos can be clearly distinguished from the others.

Regards

Andreas

Without permission, it is and remains a copyright infringement.
Just my 2 cents.

why come now the collection? Everyone can post purchased slides. I will then buy slides at the next stock exchange in the Netherlands and open a new connection

Thanks

How can you tell what the original agreement was? Slides are sold many times over on auction sites, trade shows, etc.

Not going to judge on the issue of displaying slides bought on auctions, trade fairs etc, but at least make sure that the info displayed is correct. I find a lot of locations dubious, for example this is not Andoya i..... P-3