I come to think of the Coca-Cola bottles..
I don't think they are allowed to be used in any way...
But as i see it, it depends on the product. In the Coca-Cola case, it says in the
llegal
point that it may not be used in any other situation(or something like that)

//Spider

Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> I have a question about both IRTC procedure and perhaps a bit
> of copyright law.  I don't expect definitive answers, but I also
> don't want to get anyone in trouble with my entry.  So...
> 
> One of the principles of photorealistic rendering, according
> to Bill Fleming (www.serious3d.com) is to use familiar objects.
> In his example scene he uses some Energizer batteries, a
> Fujifilm disposable camera, and a book that looks like it
> was scanned from life.  My question is, what is the legality
> of this?  Is it legal, for example, to take the label off a
> can of soup, scan it, and use the scanned image as an imagemap
> on a modeled can of soup?
> 
> This is actually two separate questions:
> 
> 1) Is it legal to do this at all, regardless of what I
>    plan to do with the image, without getting explicit
>    releases from the companies whose artwork I'm using?
>    (The question wouldn't bear considering except that
>    we're talking about art.  Did Andy Warhol have to get
>    Campbell's to sign something?  Do artists who work
>    in collage have to be careful what they use lest they
>    trip over intellectual property laws?)
> 
> 2) Assuming it is legal to do this in the art world,
>    is it legal in IRTC?
> 
> As I said, I don't expect definitive answers, and I'll pose
> the first question to Mr. Fleming myself, but I'm interested
> in any opinions the readers of this group might have.

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