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German 38cm sehr schwere Minenwerfer

I'd be curious to know how someone can claim copyright to an image that is 100 years old. Sometimes I wonder if folks are claiming BS.
 
He may sue me:

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Taken from bocn rules "Could all members please be carefull when posting images from other souces.If the image has "copyright" or other writing on it saying it is from elsewhere please ask for the image sources permission before posting them on BOCN.

This is not just for the benefit of the site it is for your benefit as well ,the last thing i want to see is someone getting prosecuted for copyright theft

If you post a copyrighted image please state "you have permission to use the image" otherwise the image will be removed "
 
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Spotter, I understand your concern and the need to protect the site - my point however was to question the individual's claim to copyright. As an avid photographer and owner of copyright to more than 100,000 images I am well aware of infringement issues. That being said I'll fall back to Wikipedia for a general reading (don't quote this in a cort of law).

"Copyright can subsist in an original photograph, i.e. a recording of light or other radiation on any medium on which an image is produced or from which an image by any means be produced, and which is not part of a film.[SUP][12][/SUP] Whilst photographs are classified as artistic works, the subsistence of copyright does not depend on artistic merit.[SUP][12][/SUP] The owner of the copyright in the photograph is the photographer – the person who creates it,[SUP][13][/SUP] by default.[SUP][14][/SUP] However, where a photograph is taken by an employee in the course of employment, the first owner of the copyright is the employer, unless there is an agreement to the contrary.[SUP]"[/SUP]

Copyright is generally considered to extend for 70 years past the death of the photographer. What irritates me is that I frequently see sites like Flikr where people think that just because they posted a historic photo that they have some rights over it, regardless of who the actual photographer is/was. Likewise, numerous court cases in the past decade have shown that if I use an image I have taken, there is no legal requirement to mark it as copyrighted, my copyright exists regardless.

Not looking for any change, you have a site to protect - just venting against idiots that think they own something when they have no actual ability or initiative to create on their own and so try to claim the work of others. Just another form of Walt.
 
I understand your points US-subs
BdGreen did right in posting a link to the so called "copyright image" instead of just posting it straight on site without asking the so called owner ??? of the image first
My response was put there after the image was posted in a following post as a reminder for everyone to see as lately many of the sites rules seem to have not been read,or forgotten about.
Unfortunately being a site administrator or moderator involves acting upon the sites rules,you make no friends and plenty of enemies by this but its part of the position.
 
so, back to topic - does anyone have documents about the mortar shell? I have never seen a trace from this shell...
 
Alpini and others,


I posted the link to the picture (above) because of the rare subject matter and I too could not find any meaningful information on the 38cm Minenwerfer. Hopefully someone with some information will eventually see this and be able to enlighten us.


Brian
 
I have make a quick drawing of this huge mortar shell.
I represented it next to a "25 cm. Lange schwere Wurf Mine" to make a comparison.
height is approximately 1470mm
 

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Silent Knight,

Nice work! It really helps to illustrates how big the 38cm is when compared to the next largest Wurf Mine .
 
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