At 8/22/07 09:17 AM, Forests-Of-Ellinia wrote:
As soon as that first line was drawn the image was copyrighted and altering / editing the picture is illegal without permission as is claiming ownership without credit to the actual author. You ARE however allowed to use components from several different pictures and make your own, which is the most pointless thing to do ever. The picture is not in the public domain until 77 years after the picture is finished. The only exception to this is if the author of the picture states that altering / editing / claiming ownership without giving credit is acceptable him / herself. Fucking copyright laws.
Oh shit monkeys, forgot the most important part of that law. Editing / altering it is ONLY illegal if it is reposted. Yes, this does mean photoshop threads are illegal, but the law has more important things and don't really care if we're editing pictures without permission.