Our Association is not-for-profit, and depends on attracting former students to
become Life Members of our Association. The funds that we raise are used for
good works in the name of the Association. Our website has been produced as
the result of hundreds of hours of voluntary effort, and we request that all
visitors and Members respect the copyright of this website. If you require a
copy of part of our website, then look at our
CDROM webpage, and please
support our good works.
Photographic Copyright
Although our Association owns many old school photos, we do not necessarily
own the copyright to these photos.
The British Institute of Professional Photographers
states (as at 14 July 2003 and again at 21 March 2006) that
In fact the law on copyright changed fundamentally with the passing of the
1988 Copyright, Designs & Patents Act. Before then it was the person or company
who commissioned the photography who owned the copyright. The photographer had
no enduring rights to his own work.
The 1988 Act reversed the situation granting photographers the same rights as
had long been enjoyed by authors, painters and other creative individuals. The
copyright in the photograph now belongs to the person who took it - the only
exception being employed photographers, where it is his/her employer who owns
the copyright unless they have a contractual agreement to the contrary.
Since most of our formal photographs were taken pre-1988 at the behest of our
original Schools, and that we display these photographs with the permission of
our President - the current Principal of Slough Grammar School (Language College)
and the copyright successor to the previous commissioning headteachers - we
must therefore assume that there is every likelihood that we already enjoy
the copyright in most of our pre-1988 formal photographs.
Irrespective of any rights under the above, we seek to identify the original
photographer of each School photograph that we can identify, so that we can
request copyright waivers to display a scanned copy on this website. Some
older photographs do not contain the name of the photographer, and we may not
otherwise have been able to identify the photographer. If you can name the
unidentified photographer of any of our photographs or if you can put us in
touch with the current proven copyright holder, please let us know ASAP.
The following table represents the current state of our copyright
investigations and agreements
We have located a copy of the original photograph, but there is no
identification of the photographer. We ask all visitors to our website to
assist with the identification of the photographer, so that we can seek a
copyright waiver. In the meantime, we will scan and display the photograph.
If the photographer becomes known, then we will seek to obtain a copyright
waiver or withdraw the photograph, as appropriate or necessary.
We acknowledge Gillman & Soame Ltd's copyright over
their photographs and we hold explicit written copyright waivers from
Gillman & Soame Ltd to display these photographs on our
website, and to include these photographs on a limited number of CDROMs.
Greville (Greville, Cecil Greville and T.H. Greville)
In early 2001, our Chairman received a verbal copyright waiver for all the
Greville School photographs from
Greville Creative Group
of Windsor, who we understand are the copyright successors to the Greville studios.
Henry H. Martin
We can find no trace of Mr Henry H. Martin or his estate, and we believe
his copyright on pre-1928 photos has now expired. If you know otherwise,
please contact us ASAP so that we can rectify the situation.
We can find no trace of H-B News Features of Dennis Park Crescent, Wimbledon,
(unless they are HB News Ltd which were dissolved in 1984) and we believe their
copyright on 1949 photos has now expired. If you know otherwise,
please contact us ASAP so that we can rectify the situation.
We can find no trace of Mr H. G. Stone or his estate, and we believe
his copyright on 1913 photos has now expired. If you know otherwise,
please contact us ASAP so that we can rectify the situation.
The Panora negatives were deposited with the DPA in 1986 by
the managing director of the firm who had sold his business but retained
the negatives. They date from 29 September 1968 to 30 July 1985. Earlier
negatives have not survived.
Panora Ltd was formally dissolved in 1989.
A few years back, we were contacted by the
The Greater Manchester Record Office
to inform us that a copyright holder or claimant exists. We have tried to
obtain contact details for clarification, but without any response.
We are aware of other school websites which have reproduced Panora Ltd
school photographs without copyright acknowledgement. We will share any
further copyright information that we obtain. The GMCRO does not have any
Slough negatives, nor do any Slough negatives survive. All our Panora photographs
predate the earliest 1968 survival date. Note also that all our Panora photographs
predate the 1988 Copyright Act mentioned above, whereby the copyright is
invested in the commissioner, not in the photographer.
We are unable to determine whether this company still exists. It is not
listed at
Companies House.
We are aware of other school websites which have displayed Ray Studios school
photographs on their websites without copyright acknowledgement. As such,
we believe that Ray Studios' copyright has probably lapsed. If you know
otherwise, please contact us ASAP so that we can rectify the situation.
There is a similarly-named photographic company,
Alan Ray Photography
of Braintree, Essex, but this has no known connection with Ray Studios Ltd.
We are unable to determine whether this company still exists (no company
of this name is listed at
Companies House)
or whether this person was a Sole Trader. The
Templeman Library at the
University of Kent at Canterbury
has a reference to another photograph by this photographer. However, there are
no people or businesses of this name remaining in the Iver / Slough area,
although a G. Standerwick does appear in the SHS1956VM Photo.
If you know otherwise, please contact us ASAP so that we can rectify the
situation.