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minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoAm I allowed to take a copyrighted image, decrease its size to 1x1 pixels and publish it? What about 2x2? It’s very much not clear when a modification violates copyright because copyright is extremely vague to begin with.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoJust because something is defined legally instead of technologically, that doesn’t make it vague. The modification violates copyright when the result is a derivative work; no more, no less.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 minute agoWhat is a derivative work though? That’s again extremely vague and has been subject to countless lawsuits seeking to determine the bounds.
Am I allowed to take a copyrighted image, decrease its size to 1x1 pixels and publish it? What about 2x2?
It’s very much not clear when a modification violates copyright because copyright is extremely vague to begin with.
Just because something is defined legally instead of technologically, that doesn’t make it vague. The modification violates copyright when the result is a derivative work; no more, no less.
What is a derivative work though? That’s again extremely vague and has been subject to countless lawsuits seeking to determine the bounds.