Copyright question.

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Jun 10, 2004
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hi, i have a small question, rather a big one concerning copyright of pictures found on the net and scanned. i know this has been posted before but my question is slightly different. my question is if i take a picture on the net (any pic, animal, human) or if i scan the pic of something found in a mag then modify it and the trace the pic using illustrator or any other trace program and then use the vector file, is this somewhat going against copyright laws. the thing here is that i am not using the original material that i found or scanned but rather uisng a vector file of it. so is this againt copyright.?

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tacitr
Jun 10, 2004
my question is if i take a picture on
the net (any pic, animal, human) or if i scan the pic of something found in a mag then modify it and the trace the pic using illustrator or any other trace program and then use the vector file, is this somewhat going against copyright laws.

Yes. You are creating a "derivative work."

the thing here is that i am not using the original material that i found or scanned but rather uisng a vector file of it. so is this againt copyright.?

Yes.

Copyright forbids making any "derivative work" without the permission of the holder of copyright. A derivative work is any work that is based in any way on the original. Using part of it, modifying it to any extent, tracing it…all of these things are making "derivative works," and all are copyright infringement.

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FX_05
Jun 10, 2004
thanks for that info.

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fx_05

"Tacit" wrote in message
my question is if i take a picture on
the net (any pic, animal, human) or if i scan the pic of something found in a mag then modify it and the trace the pic using illustrator or any
other
trace program and then use the vector file, is this somewhat going
against
copyright laws.

Yes. You are creating a "derivative work."

the thing here is that i am not using the original material that i found or scanned but rather uisng a vector file of it. so is this againt copyright.?

Yes.

Copyright forbids making any "derivative work" without the permission of
the
holder of copyright. A derivative work is any work that is based in any
way on
the original. Using part of it, modifying it to any extent, tracing
it…all of
these things are making "derivative works," and all are copyright
infringement.
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customersupport
Jun 10, 2004
fx_05 wrote:

hi, i have a small question, rather a big one concerning copyright of pictures found on the net and scanned. i know this has been posted before but my question is slightly different. my question is if i take a picture on the net (any pic, animal, human) or if i scan the pic of something found in a mag then modify it and the trace the pic using illustrator or any other trace program and then use the vector file, is this somewhat going against copyright laws. the thing here is that i am not using the original material that i found or scanned but rather uisng a vector file of it. so is this againt copyright.?

Cheers
fx_05
You can ask my friends at Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P. Law Firm. They specialize in US Patent Law and Copyrights.

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Hecate
Jun 12, 2004
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:35:20 +0400, "fx_05" wrote:

hi, i have a small question, rather a big one concerning copyright of pictures found on the net and scanned. i know this has been posted before but my question is slightly different. my question is if i take a picture on the net (any pic, animal, human) or if i scan the pic of something found in a mag then modify it and the trace the pic using illustrator or any other trace program and then use the vector file, is this somewhat going against copyright laws. the thing here is that i am not using the original material that i found or scanned but rather uisng a vector file of it. so is this againt copyright.?

Cheers
fx_05
What the other people said, plus, it is not unknown for companies to sue if images are "misused". The one I always remember is a Corel lawsuit when someone used one of the images they provided for commercial purposes – Corel sued on their behalf and that of the artist and won. Whilst it’s unlikely to happen if the image isn’t widely seen (the fool used the image to enter a nationwide competition, which he won) it does happen.

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