Nathan Kopp wrote:
> 
> Jerry Anning wrote:
> >
> > My bottom line suggestion is: avoid "fan art" - no Enterprises, Batmen, Tie
> > fighters, Mickey Mice etc.  Don't make a specific trademark or trademarked
> > character the focus of your image.  And if you do have a trademarked item in the
> > image, for safety's sake don't do anything that could be interpreted as
> > disparaging it.
> 
> I was planning to do a scene from a novel for "Imaginary Worlds".  If all
> of the artwork is original, but the concept for the scene comes from
> copyrighted material, what kind of laws apply?
> 
> This would NOT be a copy of an existing illustration (well, not one that I
> have ever seen).
> 
> -Nathan

I see no conflict of interest in this. If as you say your material
is original there is no one who can contest it's ownership despite
what the inspiration is.

Here is a thought -

 When I read a novel I try to mentaly picture what the author sets
up for the atmosphere for whatever part of the story I'm reading.
What I picture, in my mind, as the setting is different from what
the author pictured when he/she wrote it and it will also be
different for you. Therefore I argue that there really is nothing
that you can steal from the book because it would be stealing from
yourself.

-- 
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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