Une nouvelle "fracassante" en provenance de la FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) vient de nous être communiquée par Guy Revel : la Famille de Jose Luis Aresti (récemment décédé) a décidé de distributer par ses propres moyens le fameux code de notation des figures de voltige utilisé en aviation grandeur et en modélisme et de lui appliquer les lois sur les "copyrights".
Cela signifie à priori que l'on ne pourra plus utiliser ce type de notation sans devoir payer des royalties dans le cadre d'une utilisation commerciale... et cela pourrait bien concerner les reproductions de programmes de voltige présentés dans la presse !
Inutile de vous dire que l'on considère cette nouvelle comme un véritable coup dur ! ;o)
Voici le texte d'un représentant officiel de la FAI en version originale :

"After a long drawn-out dispute, FAI recently signed an agreement with
the heirs of José Luis Aresti, which in essence gives them back control
over the Aresti aerobatic catalogue. We have now therefore now had to
take the Aresti catalogue off our (CIVA) website. In future we will
refer people who wish to purchase a copy of the catalogue to the Aresti
family company.

If you click on their site

http://www.arestisystem.com

and then on "Aerobatics" , you will see that they clearly have an
intention of offering something specifically for the F3A community. I
do not yet know what this might be.

In the meantime, we have checked the contents of your Sporting Code,
Annex 5.A, where we find a description using Aresti symbols of the
schedules to be flown (the 'programs'), together with an explanation of
the Aresti symbols themselves.

Our agreement has a clause that states:

"Aresti System S.L. authorizes the FAI to continue to use the Aresti
Aerocryptographic System, for noncommercial use and free of charge, so
that it continues to be the base for its aerobatic and artistic flight
disciplines, in its sports commissions, and continues to form part of
its sporting codes and regulations, provided it does not explicitly
fully or partially reproduce the content of the Aresti Aerocryptographic
System, thus damaging its marketing by Aresti System S.L.

Noncommercial use authorized by this Agreement is defined as the use by
the FAI or the organizers and participants in FAI-dependent aerobatic
and artistic flight events of the reproduction of the figures necessary
for the design and organization of the aerobatic and artistic flight
competitions and events, at all stages of organization and dissemination."

Subject to legal opinion, I believe that these clauses authorise CIAM to
continue including extracts such as those in Annex 5A in your
publications. Please however be aware that from now on, everyone in the
F3A world should be aware of the need for care in reproducing Aresti
symbols without authorization from the copyright owners.

As far as I can see, no other aeromodelling discipline uses Aresti
figures - F3D seems to use another system. But please pass this
message on if anybody else is concerned."