FutureFantasyDesign opened this issue on Jan 14, 2009 · 69 posts
Lucie posted Thu, 29 January 2009 at 8:03 PM
it is allowed to use several copyrighted images to create a composition if you recreate/repaint all in a different medium and inject clear originality into the product. You don't have to ask permission.
I think that's what makes the difference DPG, you're mostly talking about photomanipulations where the copyrighted images actually end up in the artwork, in a photomanipulation, the images are not recreated in a different medium or painted, they're pasted and manipulated into the artwork. In the case of the shed up there, the photo was only used as a reference, but no parts of the actual photo have actually been used, the painter started with paint on a white canvas only looking at the photo to recreate it and this I don't think is illegal.