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02-07-2013, 09:16 PM	? #1
Senior Member ? Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 546	Legal advice - copyright Hello! Say for instance you took two photographs you found on the internet and took the head off one image and stuck it on the body of the other image, for comedic effect. Then put the image onto the public domain (internet messageboard) do you own the copyright? What if that image was then printed in a national newspaper - are they allowed to do that without asking?
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02-07-2013, 09:22 PM	? #2
Wait, what? ? Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 6,163	To be sure, you'd need to discuss this with a lawyer. I am not a lawyer. My opinion is that altering images you found online is theft and a violation of copyright. If the 'new' image fell under parody, you might have rights to it. If it did qualify as parody, no one else would have the right to use it without your permission. Though it seems a little strange to get upset about someone stealing an image you stole in the first place. __________________ "Do you want my leftover bacon?" Said no one ever.
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02-07-2013, 09:22 PM	? #3
Head Chee of Derpistan ? Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St. Louis City, Missouri Posts: 35,502	What does the messageboard's EULA, terms & conditions, etc., say about who owns posts? As for 2 photos found on the internet, someone shot the photographs and owns them. They most likely at least are owed a credit cutline. __________________ This post is brought to you by the letter E and the number 9. Those are the buttons I push to get a Twix out of the candy machine. "I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."
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02-07-2013, 09:56 PM	? #4
Senior Member ? Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 546	I wasn't going to pursue it, nor am I upset about it. Was just wondering about the legalities of it all. Created a photoshop for this site: www.michelinguides.com Woke up this morning to see it in The Sun Online: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...irl-guide.html And in print: I laugh just thinking that the poor girl guide next to Michel may have opened her paper this morning at breakfast and spat her cornflakes out when she saw her picture in it!
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02-07-2013, 10:22 PM	? #5
Will work for brains ? Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AK, New Zealand Posts: 33,056	It seems like it's all very misguided and though you may have a parody case for your usage, the photographers of both original images would have a stronger case. __________________ It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?" ? Winnie the Pooh
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02-07-2013, 10:36 PM	? #6
Wait, what? ? Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 6,163	If the photographers see it and decide to pursue it, I guess you'll know soon enough. __________________ "Do you want my leftover bacon?" Said no one ever.
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02-07-2013, 11:34 PM	? #7
Senior Member ? Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,598	I'm not a lawyer, but from what I've read about before, the only ones who own any copyright here are the original photographers. __________________ "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." -Steve Jobs
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Yesterday, 04:28 PM	? #8
Senior Member ? Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 29,803	If that's a National Enquirer type rag, they could easily fall into the Parody catagory. Editorial rules are different from regular copyright rules. This may fall under editorial license more than parody. It also depends on if the original image was editorial or not. You can't just go online and grab two photos and make a composite without first asking permission to use the photos. Any work you do after that, the only portion you would hold copyright to is anything added by you. If all you did was the composite, you would own none of it. It's like writing a book where you cite other sources. You own the part that is your observations, the cited part you do not own. <Not a lawyer.
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