XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc, it.arti.fumetti   
   From: zapkitty@gmx.co.uk   
      
   On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:09:34 -0500, Captain Nerd wrote:   
      
   > Chuck Stewart wrote:   
      
   >> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:39:20 -0500, Captain Nerd wrote:   
      
   >> Hmmm...? Inoue traced?   
   >> That has not been placed   
   >> in evidence, at least not   
   >> yet.   
      
   >> As I understand it Inoue   
   >> used the NBA images as   
   >> reference, but actually   
   >> drew the work in question.   
      
   > And if you overlay one on the other, just like they did with the   
   > two manga, you'll see the same amount of similarity.  One is   
   > damning, the other is "artistic."  There is a perception of a   
   > double standard to some.   
      
   No. It's perfectly possible   
   to incorporate a copy of a   
   photo in a pen and ink work   
   without tracing or mechanical   
   reproduction. Skill and zip   
   help :).   
      
   >> The other mangaka didn't.   
   >> And admitted so.   
      
   > There is such a thing as "falling on one's sword" to prevent   
   > embarassing your superiors.   
      
   Sorry, no go.   
      
   It's possible Inoue traced   
   etc, but it's also possible   
   he just drew the image using   
   the photo as a reference.   
      
   The other one (forgot name)   
   is said to have admitted   
   directly copying *Inoue's*   
   work.   
      
   And whatever might lie   
   behind that admission the   
   fact remains that drawing   
   a copy of a photo can be   
   considered original work,   
   especially if modified,   
   while copying another   
   artists work isn't...   
   even if modified.   
      
   >    Cap.   
      
   --   
   Chuck Stewart   
   "Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)