2008/12/9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In a message dated 12/7/2008 1:35:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > On second thought, those pics would be derivative works of the cover and > hence not acceptable for Commons.>> > > > ---------------------- > A derivative work must pass the "substantially similar" bar (in the US at > least). > I don't think a picture of you in your purple spandex alligator costume > holding up an album cover, while simultaneously eating a plate of spaghetti, > is > substantially similar to the album cover itself (but I may be wrong). > > Which is why, for example, an index to all the words used in a book, does > not violate the copyright of the book, because an index, is not a novel.
If the album cover is the key feature of the picture (which it would be, since that's the point of making the picture) then it could well be enough. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
