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Hi all

just back from the local fleamarket......and I brought something back I simply have to share with you folks:

here's a brochure and some photos from a visit of CVA-63 U.S.S. Kittyhawk on 21st October 1961 in La Punta, Peru.....

This visit took place a few monts after CVA-63 was commissioned - so she was pretty 'fresh' - below you will find the brochure, and some photographs that show a variety of interesting details.

@ Tulio: maybe you can spare a moment to translate the text ?
























NB: the lady who sold me the material said I can use this material freely - 'cause her late husband took the pics - so copyright is mine now

PM for higher resolution scans, please.

Cordially
Martin

Martin

Marvelous pics. This is a flea market in Zurich?? Anyway what a great period feel to the photos. Folks wearing their Sunday best to visit a warship. Definitely another time.



I'm not so sure. In the U.S., copyrights cannot be assigned orally. I don't know Swiss law. You may have a nonexclusive license though.

August

That's right - copyrights, including the right to claim statutory copyrights, is automatically retained by the original artist or creator, and can ONLY be transferred by written instrument, per international law. Ownership of a physical artwork, slides, photographs, or even the ORIGINAL typed draft of "Gone With the Wind" does not in any way imply ownership of rights to reproduction in any form, or any royalties due.

This has long been a 'sore' spot with artists, particularly, and an acquaintance of mine was actually an active participant of the "Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts" program you hear about. Good folks! I am advised that case law strongly favors the 'original' artist, and many individuals and indeed corporations got a "surprise" when they assumed that ownership of an item meant they had free rein to reproduce said image in whatsoever manner they choose. WRONG, unless a written assignment of license or transfer of rights has occured.

A few years ago, Keith Ferris sponsored one of his New York lawyer friends to come and speak at an ASAA forum. She said essentially the same thing. She had once helped Keith 'fight' Av Week in their bid to claim ownership of a number of years of Ferris Av Week artwork (about 50 pieces, IIRC). Nope, Keith was right, and WON! The works were not "Work for Hires" (which is a legal term that must appear in the contract for ALL rights to the 'work' to be transferred to the vendee), but rather were "licensed" images. Good on Keith! Those Av Week folks are now gone, replaced by super guys who attend each and every ASAA forum, and sponsor their own art awards!

It's a common misunderstanding like the bogus "30% rule" for copyright violations between one piece and another, later work. Doesn't exist, period in the law.

Wade

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Okay, Martin, guys, here's a quick translation:

Welcome aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Kittyhawk !!

The Commander, officers and crew of the aircraft carrier, extend a warm welcome to you and sincerely wish an interesting visit to the first attack missile equipped aircraft carrier in the world.

The Kitty Hawk is undertaking its first transport, maintenance and jet combat aircraft mission.

Capable of transporting 100 aircraft, this ship resembles a floating air base, adding to all of this, its fantastic mobility capabilities.

The aircraft carrier is not a vulnerable fixed point that could be attacked by enemy ballistic missiles and it doesn't have limitations regarding its operational areas.

It moves quickly and can go anywhere and face any situation (for example, if there was an aggressor attempting to threaten the freedom of the United States and its allies, the Kitty Hawk could immediately respond and face this challenge. And in the case that this possible threat became an hostile action, the Kitty Hawk would be able to answer with devastating force.)

This aircraft carrier is a complex man and machinery organization. For the perfect accomplishment of its mission, it is required that these men constantly use their knowledge and abilities as naval technicians and engineers, to ensure that the machine will respond precisely and adequately.

If by any chance you were surprised in any way regarding any aspect of our operations, do not hesitate to request our help. We'll do our best to help you.

U.S.S. Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)

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Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)

Keel laid December 27, 1956

Launched May 21, 1960

Commissioned April 29, 1961

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William F. Bringle, Captain USN
Commanding USS Kitty Hawk
Has the pleasure of inviting you to visit
the USS "Kitty Hawk" (CVA-63)
the afternoon of Saturday 21 October 1961
any time between 1:30 and 4:40 P.M.

Launch transport will be conducted from the
docks at the Naval School -Peru- at La Punta,
an regular intervals.

Each guest will need an individual invitation.
It is recommended not to bring children younger
than twelve years of age to visit the ship.

************

Re: Copyrights:

There are people who claim that, once you post a photo on the web, they can make free use of it, without even providing the proper credits as to author.

Their argument is that since they are not using the pictures for profit, the copyrights do not apply.

There is a notice that appears on copyrighted movies, and comes from the F.B.I.: basically, it says that the reproduction of copyrighted materials is forbidden by law, even if it is done without monetary gain purposes.

'nough said.

Saludos,


Tulio

So true ... the Internet is truly "the world's largest copy machine!"

And, there is 'fair use', the guidelines for which do not include unauthorized posting of images on a website or other 'reproduction' without proper attribution.

There are some things artists and photographers can do, however, to stop would-be illegal users of our images in their tracks: include a watermark for one, and you should also change the DOCUMENT resolution (that is, the print output physical size - the document resolution has nothing to do with the DISPLAY resolution, or web image screen size in pixels) to an ungodly number like 1200 PPI, for, say, a 650 pixel-wide web image. You do this in PS7 and PSE by unchecking the "Resample" box before you change the resolution PPI figure within the Document Size section of "Resize Image".

That way, upsampling is all they can do to your web-sourced image for printing purposes, and the interpolation engines, such as "bicubic smoother", no matter how good, cannot get them a print quality image out of it at any appreciable size.

Wade

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