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Yet another question – this time with regard to legal use of various images.
It seems I can’t just photoshop any image "willy-nilly" with a view to sharing said adjusted image on the ‘net. Is this correct? I guess it doesn’t matter what I do on my home computer, as I’m not sharing the image (although this may well be a grey area, it’s not what I’m concerned with at this point). What is illegal in the PRC or New Zealand is not relevant specifically. It is the "big picture", from a legal standpoint. For example, worth1000.com may ask you to photoshop any celebrity in any number of ways. So, I need to know if I can just grab a picture off any old website (particularly a well known image, as opposed, but not limited to, an image that is site specific) and photoshop it and then repost it in a worth1000.com’s competition or anywhere else, for that matter?
I’m not interested in the laws of individual nations. What may be copyright in PRC isn’t what I’m concerned with.
If, for example, I want to photoshop an image of Condoleeza and then post it on the net, do I need to get permission for use of said image? I’m struggling to find obviously "free to use as you wish" type images. Part of me thinks if I change an image enough that it becomes irrelevant to the original provider of the image, and that may well be true but then there’s possibley a privacy issue. That is, a "celebrities" right to not have their image posted on the net. Once it is up on the ‘net, is it fair game? That is, is it fair enough that I do with it as I see fit and then post my results? Considering
http://www.seanbaby.com/news/fatsuit.htm
and one (as an example) particular woman whose image she did not give permission for the webmaster to use and make all manner of comment on. Yet, after many years (at least five, IIRC), this woman’s image and consequent complaints are still available for anyone to access. Apologies if this upsets anyone. I’m just trying to accurately demonstrate my query.
Thanks,
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It seems I can’t just photoshop any image "willy-nilly" with a view to sharing said adjusted image on the ‘net. Is this correct? I guess it doesn’t matter what I do on my home computer, as I’m not sharing the image (although this may well be a grey area, it’s not what I’m concerned with at this point). What is illegal in the PRC or New Zealand is not relevant specifically. It is the "big picture", from a legal standpoint. For example, worth1000.com may ask you to photoshop any celebrity in any number of ways. So, I need to know if I can just grab a picture off any old website (particularly a well known image, as opposed, but not limited to, an image that is site specific) and photoshop it and then repost it in a worth1000.com’s competition or anywhere else, for that matter?
I’m not interested in the laws of individual nations. What may be copyright in PRC isn’t what I’m concerned with.
If, for example, I want to photoshop an image of Condoleeza and then post it on the net, do I need to get permission for use of said image? I’m struggling to find obviously "free to use as you wish" type images. Part of me thinks if I change an image enough that it becomes irrelevant to the original provider of the image, and that may well be true but then there’s possibley a privacy issue. That is, a "celebrities" right to not have their image posted on the net. Once it is up on the ‘net, is it fair game? That is, is it fair enough that I do with it as I see fit and then post my results? Considering
http://www.seanbaby.com/news/fatsuit.htm
and one (as an example) particular woman whose image she did not give permission for the webmaster to use and make all manner of comment on. Yet, after many years (at least five, IIRC), this woman’s image and consequent complaints are still available for anyone to access. Apologies if this upsets anyone. I’m just trying to accurately demonstrate my query.
Thanks,
+Marquee+
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