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Title: Property Release Question?
Post by: pixel8 on February 15, 2014, 02:29

I have tried submitting some diagram images and was rejected because they said I needed a Property Release. Is  there any thing I can do if the company who drew them are no longer in business?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: jinaghott on February 16, 2014, 03:53

Yeah, I am in the same soup. Would like some help in this matter please!  :'( :'(


private label rights (http://supermrr.com/private-label-rights/)

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: shotupdave on February 16, 2014, 19:45

Quote from: pixel8 on February 15, 2014, 02:29

I have tried submitting some images of Blue Prints to SS and was rejected because they said I needed a Property Release. The Blue Prints are from the 1940 - 1950's, is  there any thing I can do if the company who drew them are no longer in business?

Thanks!

Just because the company is out of business does not mean that they still do not own the copyright to that design.  Is the name of the draftsman appear on the blueprints?

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: ruxpriencdiam on February 17, 2014, 09:05

Looks as if you are SOL!

Maybe editorial?

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: JPSDK on February 17, 2014, 11:55

In many countries copyright expires 75 years after a mans death.
So you have to find out when the designer died.
This is from 1928:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-75199240/stock-photo-blue-print-of-a-german-ww-u-boat-illustration-comes-from-hilfsbuch-f-r-den-schiffbau.html?src=EVRNIyG-VLFfVpwtVqlSuw-1-1 (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-75199240/stock-photo-blue-print-of-a-german-ww-u-boat-illustration-comes-from-hilfsbuch-f-r-den-schiffbau.html?src=EVRNIyG-VLFfVpwtVqlSuw-1-1)

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: ruxpriencdiam on February 17, 2014, 12:09

And Jens you know that SS makes their own rules so the 75 years means nothing to them.

Quote from: JPSDK on February 17, 2014, 11:55

In many countries copyright expires 75 years after a mans death.
So you have to find out when the designer died.
This is from 1928:

[url]http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-75199240/stock-photo-blue-print-of-a-german-ww-u-boat-illustration-comes-from-hilfsbuch-f-r-den-schiffbau.html?src=EVRNIyG-VLFfVpwtVqlSuw-1-1[/url] ([url]http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-75199240/stock-photo-blue-print-of-a-german-ww-u-boat-illustration-comes-from-hilfsbuch-f-r-den-schiffbau.html?src=EVRNIyG-VLFfVpwtVqlSuw-1-1[/url])

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: JPSDK on February 17, 2014, 12:27

they might, they might.
But I write notes about copyrights to them, like:

Copyright has expired on this property according to Danish law § 75. litra a.
things like that.
it works.

I did that with the uboat picture, i mentioned both the  75 years rule and the lost Nazi copyright.

Title: Re: Property Release Question?
Post by: pixel8 on February 18, 2014, 03:12

Well thanks to the internet I got lucky, they are still in business and are signing my release form. So I guess if you are in the same situation, do some digging online and maybe you'll get lucky!