Legal implementations of vectorizing copyrighted images (was Re:[Clipart] Can't submit clipart)

[Jon Phillips]

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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