I don't think so - I think they're probably still copyrighted to the "Aerofilms collection"... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 26 June 2012 12:10, Andy Mabbett &lt;andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk&gt; wrote: > > You may have seen a buzz on social media in the last couple of days, > about a new website, 'Britain from the Air': > > http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ > > which features <http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/about-project>: > > images from the Aerofilms collection... Dating from 1919 to > 2006... purchased by Royal > Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, > English Heritage > and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments > of Wales... in 2007. > > The site-wide copyright statement, on > <http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/legalities>, is somewhat > ambiguous: > > The images, information and data featured on this website are > subject to Crown Copyright > and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and > Individual Contributors as > indicated. There are also copyrights relating to the database > itself and to the design, structure > and code employed in the website. > > Has anyone found an image on the site with a copyright notice > excepting it from the default Crown Copyright? > > Presumably, the use of Crown Copyright means that we're at liberty to > use images that are over 50 years old, like this 1928 shot of > Birmingham: > > >

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I don't think so - I think they're probably still copyrighted to the "Aerofilms collection"... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 26 June 2012 12:10, Andy Mabbett &lt;andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org