Stevertigo wrote:
A company I worked for was engaged in the shady business of scanning other peoples high-end catalogs for use of the images on the web. After consulting a lawyer, who said that it was ok to use the images provided there were seven changes made to them... seven degrees of removal from the original... I don't know if this holds water well enough for here..
The "seven changes" rule doesn't make sense. Consider the picture of a famous man sitting at a desk. On his desk, among many other things is a yellow pencil. One change could be to change the colour of that pencil to blue. I could easily find another six such minor changes. Using this seven-changes rule strikes me as contrary to the spirit of the law.
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