Bill Pragnell wrote:

> I have a question about copyright.
> 
> Over the last few months I've posted images (see p.b.i.) of my version of
> Escher's Double Planetoid illustration. I'm thinking of rendering some
> images, including this one, for exhibition on Zazzle. Although the image
> was completely generated from scratch by me, the inspiration and concept
> obviously come from Escher's work. My question is, would I be infringing
> any existing copyright by doing this? If so, is there a way around it (i.e.
> a credit to the original artist)?
> 
> I appreciate that this isn't a 100% POV-Ray issue, but I know that some of
> you out there are by necessity familiar with the vagaries of copyright law!
> 
> Any advice on this would be very helpful.

The important thing is to find if Escher's work is still under 
copyright, or if it has passed into the public domain.

Regards,
John

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