XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc, it.arti.fumetti   
   From: zapkitty@gmx.co.uk   
      
   On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:38:27 +0100, CEZ wrote:   
      
   > Dal diario di Chuck Stewart :   
      
   >>It is the difference between   
   >>copying from life (albeit   
   >>secondhand through photos), or   
   >>duplicating the work of another   
   >>artist and claiming it as your   
   >>own.   
      
   > Get a copy of David Mack's "Kabuki - Circle of Blood" and have fun   
   > trying to find out how many of his panels where actually photocopied   
   > from (ot at least HEAVILY based on) pictures appearing on the popular   
   > photograpic book, "A Day in the Life of Japan".   
      
   Hmmm...?   
      
   It's quite possible. And determining   
   if the original work was transformed   
   into its new context, and if so how   
   much so,  is very often the hub of   
   copyright lawsuits.   
      
   --   
   Chuck Stewart   
   "Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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