I'm thinking of start a paper airplane section on my crafts website. The issue is I'm not areodynamic engineer and would use models made by someone at some point in time (recently or in the past). Can you legally put designs of paper airplanes on your website without violating any copyright laws? I would be making the actual graphics and\or video tutorials myself and have my own unique web design with my own instructions in my own words. Any Ideas?

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You can copyright the graphics and video tutorials. I'm not sure if you copyright the design or patent them.

you would have to find the people that actually drew the designs. and draw up legal paper work.

Interesting question. The common 'dart` designs have been around so long that they're probably 'common domain`. Any new design is 'intellectual property` and ethically, you should at least credit the origionator. If you can locate the source, ask for permission to publish. Most designs have been around for quite a while as the amount of things you can do is limited, and paper aeroplanes have been around for a long time. As long as you don't sell the designs for gain, problems are unlikely.

hey that's a tough one, i think if i were you i would have to go by what #3 irv s. has recommended. good-luck and let us know the outcome.