More then 80% of work on this forum is in copyright violation. I am betting one nice big cold Guiness in the hot day for this statement
If not even more. So we understand each other, I don't care about this, I have my own problems to worry about. But... lets be honest. Derivatives works without permission is copyright violation. Not to mention, that the most works here is almost the same like on actual pictures. Public domain pictures are exception off course.
quote from the link:
It seems that all too often artists who would scream if someone copied their paintings, don’t hesitate to make a painting of someone else’s photo, with no thought to the creator’s rights.
link:
https://www.thoughtco.com/may-i-make-a-painting-of-a-photograph-2573673
https://www.thoughtco.com/may-i-make-a-painting-of-a-photograph-2573673
quote from link:
What Are the Rights of a Copyright Owner?
Copyright provides the owner of copyright with the exclusive right to
•Reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords
•Prepare derivative works based upon the work
•Distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of owner
-ship or by rental, lease, or lending
•Perform the work publicly if it is a literary, musical, dramatic, or choreographic work; a panto-
mime; or a motion picture or other audiovisual work
•Display the work publicly if it is a literary, musical, dramatic, or choreographic work; a pan-
tomime; or a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work. This right also applies to the individual
images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work.
•Perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission if the work is a sound
recording
Copyright also provides the owner of copyright the right to authorize others to exercise these
exclusive rights, subject to certain statutory limitation
link:
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf
IMHO, all of us know what's the time, the right question would be, if we look at the clock when we know that time will not suit us.
If I am mistaken with my statements, I do apologize and I am willing to learn so I will not make the same mistake again off course.
I am out of this thread. Usually people start fighting when there is a talk about copyrights. One more thing. I love that picture Dimitris