RDX wrote:
> As you are no doubt aware, the current IRTC topic is "A scene from your
> favorite mystery story, or anything else recognizably mysterious or
> enigmatic."  Lets say your favourite mystery story is still protected under
> copyright laws, ie, anything written in the last few decades at least.
> Would reproducing a scene from such a work be a violation of it's copyright?
> How about the instance of taking a character from an existing work and
> putting them in a mysterious context, eg "Detective Chewbacca"?  Is fan art
> a violation of copyright?
> 
> Sorry to bring up copyright issues, but the last thing I would want to do is
> violate the copyright on someone elses work.

I think, when it comes to copyrights (though I'm no expert) that you may 
be influenced by someone else's artwork, though you may not copy the 
exact maeterial and get the credits instead of the original artist.

Also, remember that you need to be original in the IRTC; I thought of 
doing a Columbo-like mysterious crime scene, but I figured this might 
not be original enough...

If you remember a mysterious scene in a movie you should remake it in 
your own vision, that is, you might want to make it better than the 
original!...

You may also slightly change names of personnages or events...  (I 
remember playing GTA1 in which there were Trance-AM cars!)

Hope this helps,
   Xilo

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