[cc-sampling] Fw: Legal implementations of vectorizing copyrighted images (wasRe:[Clipart] Can't submit clipart)
Jon Phillips
jon at rejon.org
Wed Oct 6 22:59:06 EDT 2004
> This might be a great question to pose to someone at creative commons. How
> much would one have to change an image for it to be considered a work in
> its own right. Please refer to our project, www.openclipart.org
>
> We use the Creative Commons public domain declaration for the project.
>
> We are collecting a large library of public domain vector graphics (SVG).
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryce Harrington" <bryce at bryceharrington.com>
> To: "Nicu Buculei" <nicu at apsro.com>
> Cc: "clipart-list" <clipart at freedesktop.org>; <runar at ingebrigtsen.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:48 AM
> Subject: Legal implementations of vectorizing copyrighted images (was
> Re:[Clipart] Can't submit clipart)
>
>
>> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Nicu Buculei wrote:
>>> PS: i don't think the large-computer.svg is OK, it may be drawn from
>>> scratch, but it imitates perfectly the original
>>
>> Do we have some guidelines regarding what is legally allowed for
>> vectorizing copyrighted images? For example, if one vectorized clipart
>> from a printed book, would the book's copyright still hold? What if you
>> redrew them manually from scratch? How different from the original
>> would it need to look?
>>
>> Bryce
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