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- haha0
Rab
http://www.allworth.com/Articles…
This answers some.
Rab - I wonder what would happen if you just went ahead and published the work in question?
Would anybody notice?
I guess, if you are questioning the 'legality' of it, then maybe it is a bit dubious?
stem
(May 27 05, 07:40)Yeah you could do that, but if it is found (maybe will, maybe not), penalties could be severe.
tens of thousands of dollars in some cases.So do some research and BE CAREFUL
- stem0
Yeah, that would be like swimming without a hat.
- haha0
from the U.S. Copyright web page
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/c…
...................................WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
To display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and
In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
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"To prepare derivative works based upon the work"
This seems to answer your question.
- stem0
Them crazy lawyers - you can see how they earn their money...
They got it covered!
- rabattski0
haha, it doesn't really cover it all, you also have the de minimis rule which allows you to use a certain % without having to worry about copyrights, only it's not clear how much % it is and which % exactly.
stem, it's not questioning if i've crossed the line it's just that i want to be absolutely sure, it's a shame that i'm not allowed to show the work done which would make it easier to explain but it's for a big brand and i have to sign an art purchase thing in which i sign away all my rights and i just want to be sure.
but i already signed it, checked everything, and i think i'm on the safe side.
- haha0
Yeah, I don't know much about that rule, but just make Sure that you personally can't be sued.
Why don't you cover youreslf by buying some royalty free stock...I think since you will essentially buyout the photo, you will be fine there. If your client is being too cheap to by a$400 photo, let's hope they can afford a HUGE lawsuit if they get caught.
- uberdesigner0
if you change something by 10% then it's yours
- rabattski0
that seems to be a myth though ueberdesigner. and depends on the country as well afaik. and since we're talking country here. i made the stuff here in germany, the stuff is for the states, under what copyright law / countrywise am i suppose to fall?