Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

I am creating a gameboard and I need to use some photographs that may be copyright protected. If I substantiall alter the photos (as in only use portions of the image) am I still infringing on the copyrights?


Asked on 9/01/10, 4:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Yes.....without reading any case law on the subject, I'd say that use of any recognizable part of a copyrighted image would be an unlawful derivative work unless covered by the fair use exception or the like.

Read more
Answered on 9/06/10, 5:03 pm


Related Questions & Answers

More Intellectual Property questions and answers in California