What are the laws about image ownership?
functioncreep (135 pencils) | Mon, 2007-08-20 12:52If you were using someone else's image as a base or element in a collage, we'll say, is there a percentage of manipulation you would have to make before the resulting image has now beome your own work?
For example, could you say art you created for www.1000words.com (photo manipulation website) as your own.
I am trying to find out about design ownership laws.
If you know of a site that explains all this, do tell, and please -- just the facts, man.
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You CAN'T use someone else's image as ANY element in a collage without there permission. They own the exclusive right of how their image is used. Period. End of Story. There has been lenghty discussion on this topic before.
http://creativebits.org/how_do_you_handle_a_client_who_wants_to_copy_another_companys_logo
You can read my responses there which include links to copyright law.
Your best bet is to search out free, royalty free images on sites such as http://sxc.hu if you aren't interested in joining photos.com or stockphotos.com or another stock photography site.
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Powerpoint is not a design application
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Dirt and Rust
More on the copyright law in the US from the photographer's point of view on CORBIS.com:
http://www.corbis.com/corporate/photographers/Copyright_USlaw.asp
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Powerpoint is not a design application
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Dirt and Rust
And the answer to your question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
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Powerpoint is not a design application
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Dirt and Rust
Ditto the above. Don't use anyone's stuff at all. You cannot "manipulate" it to make it okay. Take your own shots, do you're own work. Ideas cannot be copywritten, so finding inspiration in other's work is okay. But using actual images or reproducing those images (drawing out what you see in a picture, doing it the same but in a different medium, etc).
We had to take a class on copyright before we could graduate with an Art degree...