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Shipping News and information / Re: ships sold for scrap

« on: August 12, 2015, 05:12:36 PM »

Al Mansour Imo 7360629 120,88 x 19,51(as built) Built 1975 Ro/Ro passenger ferry.... Beached 12/8/15

She was the ex Stena Nordica, Reine Astrid, and Moby Kiss as featured in ships monthly's feature on abandoned ferries in the Mediterranean (Sept 15 issue)

(Edit: Mistyped Stena Nautica instead of Stena Nordica - corrected)

Ibn Batouta and Le Rif (also in that feature) are also under tow now.  Ibn Batouta appears to be bound for Albania, but the destination of Le Rif (Imo 7719430) appears to be unknown despite her moving at the start of last month.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Making money from free photo's

« on: August 12, 2015, 05:03:22 PM »

I have just been notified of this discussion by Malcolm Cranfield . Yes I sell photographs from this site but they are all with the photographers consent , for which I have written permission . Apart from here I also get images from the large number of collections I have bought over time and ones from these with no copyright photographers name on the back are also reproduced .
I have not taken any images from here where I have not had the consent to do so . You have mentioned Chris Howells New Zealand Reefer , I can only assume that this was reproduced from one of the photos I have bought in the past which have no details on it , if he wants me to remove it I will do so .
I hope this clarifies my position , if anyone sees images for which they have not given permission , let me know and I will remove them from sale .

Regarding Peters suggestion of buying photos and then leaving negative feedback for the sole reason of getting at me would cause them to be reported for incorrect use and could therefore resort in them getting banned .

Thanks for the clarification - I can buy with piece of mind then

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Help and Advice / Re: COPYRIGHT

« on: August 12, 2015, 05:02:00 PM »

The arguement that `oldie` photographs are copyrighted..when these pix were taken `copyright ` was not even invented ..get a life and respect our elder sailors for uploading our heritage..nuff sed..

Sorry (not criticising the spirt of your post), but copyright has been around longer than photographic cameras!  I suspect you are referring to the international copyright agreements such as the 1952 Berne convention, and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights from the mid 90's.  However, the notion of copyright (and individual country laws) can be traced back to the 1700's.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Making money from free photo's

« on: August 12, 2015, 04:53:21 PM »

I have also came across this seller - he appears to be selling copies of postcards as photographs as well.  Regarding copyright, by right permission has to be obtained from the original copyright owner (i.e. the photographer) before any reproduction - unless the copyright owner has specifically waived their copyright, through publishing under a creative commons licence for example or giving you specific permission.  This includes publishing to different websites as well as printing, never mind reselling the work!

My understanding is that anything which is copyrighted cannot enter the public domain unless the copyright holder specifically assigns their work to the public domain, or until 70 years after the death of the copyright holder.  So long as the image is posted online with a copyright notice, then it is copyrighted.  However, what do you do about it?  Once one person copies it to somewhere else (without a copyright notice) then whats to stop someone else claiming no knowledge of the copyright?

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Scale Models / Re: Sealink Fantasia/Fiesta

« on: February 20, 2014, 11:07:47 PM »

The book from Ferry Publications has some material in it.  Its only