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.
>
Well, I simply wrote to the person involved and got a permission to use his
material as an inspiration. This material is based on real events so this
might be a slightly different situation. And this is private owned
copyrights so it was easy to get permission. I got it within 24 hours. All
I need to do is to mention my source and provide an url to his web site in
my text file.


easiest way is probably to disguise the scene, there is no law against two
people getting a similar idea. If you are in doubt, look at the film
industy. They are making the same kind of movies over and over again, new
names
of the caracters, new actors, but the ideas are almost identical.

And, by the way, I have no intention to copy the situation completely of
this
story, even though I have some reference photos from the scene involved and
the permission. I will also need to add things from my own fantasy, to
spice it up a little bit, if you like, and make everything more
interesting. So you could say: if you base your idea on something already

freedom! Play with it beyond recognition.

Good luck!
Hildur

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