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Oh now I'm nervous cause I sold a few peices at an exhibition a few months back which we're from google images. I always do my own interpretation but are based around stock photos
Well- technically, you're in breach of copyright I think (again, I'm not a lawyer, I just have to keep an eye on this kind of thing for my work)
The law says that copying and an infringement is "copying in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work means reproducing the work in any material form, including storing it in any medium by electronic means".
Now, is the artist REALLY likely to see it? Probably not.
Is he/she a multi-million pound company that uses sophisticated software to track image use violation? No.
Would it be "identical" enough to class as a "copy"? well, without seeing the orignial, we can't say. There are plenty of elephants about.
I probably wouldn't worry too much about it in reality.
As someone whos designs are often "stolen" and used without permission and payment, I find it annoying to be honest (especially as It's actually both mine AND a clients logo people are using). However, I've noticed LOADS of logos that are my "style", and there's nothing I can do about that really- and nor would I want to do anything about it.
I think it would be best to pop the artist an email in the future to see if they mind, and perhaps pop them a tenner via Paypal
p.s. It's very nice!
p.p.s There used to be a law (and I'm not sure if it still stands) that if a work is 33% different then it doesn't class as "copying". If that's true or not, I really don't know- it might have changed. But if your interpretation is sufficiently different then you should be ok.
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