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Hi there all I’d like to see some info about copyright law for the website I ‘m doing. The website will be a directory record of extreme physical activities. I wish to have cartoon pics connected with extreme sports on various pages. I need to know if copyright applies to images that were created using genuine, copyrighted pics while referances. Spending 1000s of rands on share photos just is not a viable option personally right now. Thanx! Wayne Depends on the country, but if it is a general caricature of the bmx’er doing an inverted superman, I’d guess you can be safe as long as there’s nothing identifiable from the pic. There isn’t any easy answer to the present. After you say " making use of… as references" don’t you mean you’re visiting re-draw them by hand, or do you mean you’ll use some kind of computer tool in order to cartoonise them Should the former then I’d imagine you’re moderately okay, because exactly what you’re doing is actually creating something different; albeit based upon somebody else’s graphic. Just make sure it’s not 100% identical and it becomes difficult to prove. If the latter then I do believe you’re in … Continue reading →